For the past 8 years, students from the Palma School in Salinas, California participate in a book club at a very unusual location, i.e. the Soledad State Prison. The founders of the book club named Exercises in Empathy, Mia Mirassou and Jim Micheletti said that students go into the prison […]
A black veteran was sentenced to life in prison without a chance for parole for selling $30 worth of cannabis. However, after almost a decade spent in prison, he’s been released. The veteran, Derek Harris, served 9 years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. His sentence was reduced to 9 years […]