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Ashley Renee Keeton

Friday, January 18, 2019
In 2011, three days before Christmas, 23 year-old Ashley Renee Keeton was worrying about being able to put toys under the tree for her four young children. Wanting to make some quick cash to buy gifts, she decided to take a risk — she agreed... Read More
Paul Houser

Paul Houser: A Sentence That’s “Just Not Right”

Wednesday, December 5, 2018
“Those people don’t want to hear about a poor country boy’s sad story.” — Paul Houser Paul Houser’s story is sad, but it is well worth hearing. He’s now 11 years into a 60-year sentence for drug crimes. How he got there points to Mississippi... Read More

Michelle Taylor

Tuesday, September 25, 2018
As a child, Michelle was removed from her mother’s care and placed in foster homes due to sexual and physical abuse. Michelle used alcohol as an adult to cope with the pain and shame from her past. But Judge Memeo could not take into consideration Michelle’s... Read More

Robert Shipp: The World Gave Up on Him. He Proved Them Wrong

Friday, September 7, 2018
“It feels like the world has given up on you. That you are just some throwaway, someone who is irredeemable.” That’s how Robert Shipp describes being sentenced to life in prison for a drug crime in 1994. UPDATE: Robert was released from BOP custody on... Read More

Amber Carlson: Mother Gets 10 Years

Thursday, April 12, 2018
Deep in addiction and mental illness and trying to scrape together enough money for gifts for her kids one Christmas Eve, Amber Carlson agreed to transport methamphetamine for a drug dealer. She had no prior felony convictions, but she got a 10-year sentence.   Read More

Chris Young: “Barely on the Totem Pole” and Life in Prison

Monday, March 19, 2018
The judge at Chris Young’s trial described his life sentence as “way out of whack.” The absurdity of his punishment is matched, though, by the fierce passion for self-improvement and education that drives Chris now, even as he is doomed to die behind bars. His... Read More

Success on the Inside: Michael Monsivais

Thursday, April 12, 2018
In prison, Michael Angel Monsivais saw a huge need. And instead of waiting for someone else to fill that need—the warden, the BOP, the government—he took matters into his own hands.  UPDATE: Michael was released to the halfway house on May 29, 2018.   Read More

Stephanie Nodd

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Desperate to make ends meet as a 20-year-old single mom to three young kids, Stephanie Nodd became involved with a drug dealer. Eventually, she was caught up in the conspiracy that would bring both of them down—and she was sentenced to more time than he... Read More
Edna Harris

Edna Harris: Getting Past the Pity Party

Friday, August 3, 2018
Here’s how and why on how I have become an advocate for my ex-husband, incarcerated in federal prison. Yes, you read that right: ex-husband. We are still close, and I can’t sit by and watch injustice. The more I ponder on it, the more I... Read More

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