The Beat Within

Today, the Crime Report, based in New York City, picked up, posted, and is featuring the powerful contribution from our colleague and friend, Emile DeWeaver, who tackles his journey through the “school-to-prison pipeline.” We can’t wait to share the news with Emile and our writing group this weekend, when we participate in The Beat Within’s monthly writing workshop inside San Quentin State Prison. We hope you will give a read and share with your community http://www.thecrimereport.org/ The Butterfly Effect: “Everything You Do Matters” http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/inside-criminal-justice/2016-02-everything-you-do-matters

Greetings friends, Today, the JJIE (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange) based in Kennesaw, Georgia, picked up and posted Beat writer and juvenile lifer, Jensen Ramos’, “Broken Promises and Heartache” piece that he sent to us from the California State Prison Los Angeles in Lancaster, California. Late last year, The Crime Report picked up this piece and now to our surprise the JJIE is running it as well.  We too think it is a fabulous piece of writing that we can only hope will touch many of our young people living on the edge who may unfortunately find themselves in such a position. This

Dear colleagues and friends, Today our partners over at the JJIE (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange), based out of Kennesaw, GA, a national website that is the only publication/site covering juvenile justice and related issues nationally on a consistent, daily basis, picked up and is featuring a piece by a new Beat writer, Mathew Edwards. Mathew is a participant in The Beat Within’s monthly writing workshop inside San Quentin State Prison.  He writes about “Addicted to the Street Life,” and what lead him to serving a life sentence as a teenager. Addicted to the Street Life http://jjie.org/addicted-to-the-street-life/181643/ If you want to read other fabulous