RedeemingTimeProject

The Redeeming Time Project uses Shakespeare to effect positive change for incarcerated & formerly incarcerated folx. Delivering programming in 2 men's prisons.

[RedeemingTimeProject @RedeemingTimePr]

I was today years old when I learned that the phrase, "That takes the cake," comes from the Cake Walk, of whom Aida Overton Walker was the queen in the early 20th C.

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

Around 290 federal prisoners have died from COVID-19 in two years, officials say — almost certainly an undercount.

Despite the Federal Bureau of Prisons saying it has a plan to keep the virus in check, an @NPR analysis suggests a far different story. https://t.co/P9NSl8tyqD

[RedeemingTimeProject @RedeemingTimePr]

Two years ago today, we performed in the multipurpose room at Moose Lake. On March 9th, we performed for families in the visiting room (shown here). Then everything shut down.
#artsincorrections
#secondchances

[Clean Break @CleanBrk]

"I feel a giant lump in my throat of suppressed desire and unspoken fury, of woman love and woman rage"

A powerful account of what it feels like to have the basic human needs of sex and desire criminalised in prison.

Read: https://t.co/QsdeKeslNo

[RedeemingTimeProject @RedeemingTimePr]

"Because of stigma and misguided laws from the “tough-on-crime” era, job seekers with criminal records — no matter how old the offense — face numerous hurdles to being hired." https://t.co/IkmouqdHLJ

[Nick Chrastil @nchrastil]

When I asked someone who was formerly incarcerated in Louisiana about what David Wade is like he said to "imagine a place so bad it’s a credible threat to guys at Angola."

[Kathy Morse 🌻🐸☮️🇬🇱 @KathyMorse0914]

Tears and Joy as Rikers Island Resumes In-Person Visits https://t.co/uZJuIT176D via @THECITYNY

[Don Lewis @DonLew87]

I see a lot of posts about 'free' this person, 'free' that person. How about we free the scores of black and brown people locked up for years for petty drug possession and the like?

[RTA @RTA_ARTS]

RTA alumna Dunasha Payne reads a poem by an RTA member at Bedford Hills - part of a new video series of poetry readings at various locations in Westchester. Thank you @RTA_ARTS teaching artist Pamela Hart, @ArtsWestchester & @KatonahMuseum !
https://t.co/DPUqZo7sTJ

[Adnan Khan @akhan1437]

“Punishment” and “justice” are not synonyms. Our carceral system has brainwashed people into believing they’re paired together.

[RedeemingTimeProject @RedeemingTimePr]

@austintichenor @BWWMatt Oof. And he's being released on a technicality, due to a prior deal, not because he's been exonerated.

[RedeemingTimeProject @RedeemingTimePr]

@katlikespie O, I am so sorry. I hear you. Hang in there.

[RedeemingTimeProject @RedeemingTimePr]

Please sign this petition to create access to educational opportunities for folx who are living on death row. This denial of access is unjust. https://t.co/l1gmAHYiJx

[Common Justice @Common_Justice]

The data is clear: We can better address violence by investing in community-based solutions rather than police and mass incarceration.

[Eric Reinhart @_Eric_Reinhart]

We cannot honestly address US public health, pandemic preparedness, or biosecurity without confronting how our shameful system of mass incarceration––25% of world's incarcerated with only 4% of global population––undermines health & safety for everyone.
https://t.co/wKtUakiinz

[Dr Rowan Mackenzie @rm_mackenzie]

@DarrenRaymond describes his route to Shakespeare - ‘I was looking for identity, love, belonging and then I saw the way that Shakespeare allowed these issues to be voiced by Othello’. Such a moving story about the founding of @InterTheatre #ShaxBBA @ShakesInstitute

[Shakespeare Institute @ShakesInstitute]

'Shakespeare gives people ideas, inspiration and hope. Prisoners aren’t going to get through their sentences without hope’. @Francesca_PET, Head of Policy, Prisoners’ Education Trust, speaking at Shakespeare Beyond Borders with our own @rm_mackenzie. @HMPHewellGov #sbba

[Prison_Health 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @Prison_Health]

It’s Time for State Lawmakers to Reform NY’s Severe Parole System https://t.co/Fzzo0JiQg8

[RedeemingTimeProject @RedeemingTimePr]

Wonderful!!