Ethical Guidelines for Engaging the Archive
135Interviews
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Darrell Cannon(Chicago, IL)Police torture activist and educational reform advocateDarrell Cannon reflects on his incarceration, organizing against police torture, and leadership in abolitionist organizing and reparations advocacy.
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Clifford Ellis(Birmingham, AL and Pensacola, FL)
Clifford Ellis narrates his experiences of incarceration in Alabama prisons and his organizing work, including legal advocacy and collective action through the Free Alabama Movement.
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Dawn Harrington(Nashville, TN and Atlanta, GA)
Dawn Harrington narrates her experiences of incarceration and her subsequent work founding and leading Free Hearts, organizing to support formerly incarcerated individuals and build community-based advocacy.
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Tiffany Vulcain(New York, NY)
Tiffany Vulcain reflects on her incarceration and her work as a mentor and educator supporting women returning from prison through trauma-informed healing, leadership, and community care.
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Topeka Sam(New York, NY, and Atlanta, GA)
Dr. Topeka K. Sam narrates her experiences of incarceration in the federal system and her subsequent work in reentry support, organizing, and national criminal legal reform.
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California Coalition for Women Prisoners28 InterviewsExplore
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Pauline Rodgers(New York, NY)
Pauline Rodgers recounts her incarceration in Mississippi, the chapel she helped establish inside, founding the RECH Foundation, and her continued reentry advocacy.
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Taquittee Sheree Cross(Chicago, IL)
Taquittee Cross narrates her experiences of incarceration in Illinois prisons and her subsequent advocacy and organizing focused on supporting incarcerated women, families, and community reentry.
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Monica Cosby(Chicago, IL)
Monica Cosby reflects on her incarceration, her development as an abolitionist organizer inside prison, and her continued advocacy centered on community care, housing justice, and the abolition of life-without-parole sentencing.
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Stanley Howard(Chicago, IL)Death Row survivor and advocate for death penalty abolition
Stanley Howard discusses his coerced confession that led to his wrongful conviction, his work in forming the Death Row Ten to organize against police torture, and his advocacy work on the outside.
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Elizabeth Nomura(Los Angeles, CA)
Elizabeth “Leesa” Nomura discusses her experiences with incarceration and her abolitionist organizing with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP).
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Colby Lenz(Los Angeles, CA)
Colby Lenz narrates their long-term organizing with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, highlighting their experiences in inside-outside abolitionist advocacy and prison reform campaigns.