Author: Matt Pelletier

Rehumanization: Correctional Officer Story by Luis Soto

I started working as a Correctional Officer in 1991 when I was twenty years old. I was struggling to pay for college during my first year at Montclair State University, and I saw a posting for the officers’ entrance exam being given at the Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey. I took the exam, […]

Join Us For Morning Meditation with Ed Brown

Peace, compassion and humor.

Since January 2021, 28 yoga, meditation and mindfulness classes have been held by 9 different, independent instructors to raise a total of $2,803 for yoga mats for women in prison

BlackBox: I Believe

Marissa defines her own beliefs during a politically polarized time

<span class="black">John D. Liu, renowned ecologist and journalist featured in <em>Kiss the Ground</em>, visits Earth Program to help in improving local ecology and preventing forest fires</span>

Morning meditation sessions hosted by Ed Brown, Zen Priest and renowned author of the <em>Tassajara Bread Book</em>, has reached over 10,000 views since its start in Spring 2020

In the past 2 months, BlackBox has held 7 Clubhouse group discussions on topics ranging from spirituality, to words that trigger the black community, to the future of black power

Since January 2021, $7,600 of organic produce, grains and meat have been donated to Love To Table by 9 partner farms, restaurants and butcheries in Northern California

Chris Bowser, former federal correctional officer, contributed the first story for our program for COs, Guardians Behind The Walls

<span class="black">We launched our pilot farm-to-table program, operated by the residents of Mendocino County Jail, to bring fresh food grown by those who living in custody as a model for what is possible for all correctional facilities</span>