Volunteers have been reading journals for many years. Sara has offered to read an entry each week and share her thoughts regarding different authors and their circumstances. There are a million stories circulating throughout prisons, and our journal program is our attempt to get these first-person stories written and shared with the free world.
Hearing about lives very different from our own helps us understand that which is unfamiliar to us. It is also an effective way to begin seeing our own patterns and shadows. I invite others who wish to read and write about a particular journal reading to contact us at Prisoner Express. We are constantly adding new journals entries to our database, which are sorted by the dates they are received. Please consider reading some entries and writing a friendly response to the journaler. The instructions are here.
Interested in volunteering at Prisoner Express, but not sure yet? Wondering how community engagement can impact your life? Learn more about how volunteers at PE found personal growth and transformation through their experiences in “Opening Windows into Other Worlds,” an article written by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement at Cornell. Opening windows into other…
This week I am sharing my impressions on Thomas Harris’ journal entries from Sept. 2021. I encourage you to visit the Journal Archive if you are interested in seeing more works directly from prisoners. ~ Sara Reflecting on Norman Theriot (Journal from 09/2021) The reason I chose to talk about Harris’s entries is that they…
This week I am sharing my reflections on a journal entry from Martin Vicario in October 2021. I encourage you to visit the Journal Archive if you are interested in seeing more works directly from prisoners. Sara We are Humans: Stories from the Incarcerated by Martin Vicario This entry stood out to me because…
This week I am sharing my reflections on Norman Theriot’s journal entry from 09/27/2021. I encourage you to visit the Journal Archive if you are interested in seeing more works directly from prisoners. Sara Norman Theriot (Journal from 09/27/2021) Theriot’s journal is a combination of things—of self-reflection, growth, perseverance, and what prison life is…
Beginning this week, I will be choosing a journal entry from the many that Prisoner Express receives and reflecting on the entry in a brief blog post. I encourage you to visit the online Journal Archive. Sara Life Story of Deshuan Flowers In a little over a page, Deshuan Flowers tells what he titles…
