Charlotte Garnes reflects on growing up in South Georgia, her passion for education, and her advocacy work. She discusses founding ReNForce to empower justice-impacted people through reentry, workforce development, and community.

Small recounts her early life, incarceration, and advocacy following her release, detailing her experiences with systemic inequities, the founding of the Long Timers Group in prison, and her ongoing advocacy through Reentry Sisters.

Linda Evans recounts her evolution from antiwar student activism into decades of organizing, incarceration, and advocacy for incarcerated women and abolitionist movements.

Kilroy recounts her journey from growing up in poverty and incarceration to founding Sisters Inside, reflecting on her experiences in prison, education, and activism, the challenges she faced and the global impact of her work.

Katrina Butler narrates her experiences of incarceration, reentry, and community advocacy, emphasizing the role of faith, mentorship, and education in supporting resilience and personal growth.

Leah Faria reflects on her incarceration, personal growth, and advocacy for women and gender-expansive people, as well as building solidarity across racial divides in prison and her continued effort to center women’s voices in advocacy.

Denise Spencer discusses her son’s wrongful incarceration and her organizing through MAMAS, outlining her advocacy for policy reform and continued support for incarcerated people and their families.

Darrell Cannon reflects on his incarceration, organizing against police torture, and leadership in abolitionist organizing and reparations advocacy.

Ayana Thomas reflects on her Brooklyn upbringing, incarceration at Danbury Federal Prison, and how grief, healing, and advocacy became central to her life’s purpose.

Hudson recounts his journey from being sentenced to death to his release after thirty-seven years, reflecting on life on death row, advocating against the death penalty, his educational transformation, and contributions for justice reform.

Keith Peterkin reflects on his incarceration, reentry work, and leadership in youth justice, emphasizing mentorship, shared responsibility, and grounding advocacy in lived experience.

Erica Bentley narrates her experiences teaching yoga in prisons and organizing with abolitionist groups in Chicago.

Maria Moon reflects on her experiences in Illinois women’s prisons and her organizing work, including advocacy for the Cook County Just Housing Amendment and working in a transitional living program.

Bleu Inkk recounts her journey from early life in Compton to receiving two life sentences, then transforming into a poet and activist, recounting her prison experience and how this fueled her advocacy for change.

Turner discusses her work in organizing and advocacy for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, her experiences while incarcerated, her reentry initiative to reduce recidivism, and her vision for future projects and personal growth.

Kitchen recounts his life from early years, wrongful conviction and death row experiences to his exoneration in 2009, emphasizing family influence, abuse leading to a false confession, inadequate legal representation, and ongoing advocacy.

Heather “Jo” Canuel reflects on her advocacy while incarcerated and organizing for policy efforts such as the Expecting Justice Bill and the Pretrial Fairness Act, as well as her founding of the organization Art from the Heart.

Alice Kim reflects on her work with the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and organizing efforts against capital punishment in Illinois. She also discusses her political development and organizing against life without parole sentencing.

Howard reflects on his upbringing in Bronzeville, Chicago, the trauma of a coerced confession leading to a seventy-eight-year sentence, forming the Death Row Ten, and fighting against police torture and the death penalty in Illinois.

Michelle Clopton reflects on her incarceration in Illinois, her organizing while inside programs and resources access, and her advocacy for collective action, healing, and support for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.