A Mother in Prison - Portia Louder finds Clarity and Meaning
Portia and I spoke a lot about freedom. That didn't happen because we'd experienced it being taken away, but our shared search for internal, personal freedom. Portia was sentenced to seven years in ...
4 Jan 202558min
From Texas Hoodlum to Devoted Muslim - Loui Converts
He strayed from the path. About as far as robbery and a police chase can take you . In prison Islam returned to him, and showed him a better way forwards. -------------------------------------------...
24 Dec 202439min
Queer Outcast, to Murderer, to Sweetheart - Ryan Learns Love
From the time he understood his sexuality, he knew he was an outsider. Ryan told me he could barely feel anything, let alone regret. Sitting in his cell, incapable of even absorbing that he was go...
14 Dec 20241h 9min
My Mum
She got a phone call at around midnight. I had been arrested in Belarus. What for? Drugs trafficking, caught with a gram of marijuana on the border. Over the course of months she was masterminding ho...
4 Dec 202459min
Fighting Food Insecurity, to Life in Prison - CEO Qasim Javaid's Life Slows Down
Qasim is the CEO of Rizq, an organisation fighting food insecurity and redistribution across South Asia, partnering with huge multinationals in the process. Qasim was mistakenly arrested after wide s...
24 Nov 20241h
Poet, Feminist, Prisoner - Hanna Komar Fights a Dictator
Hanna Komar is a Belarusian poet, translator and writer. She is brave, tender and honest. In 2020 she participated in demonstrations against the rigged Belarusian election and was arrested. After h...
15 Nov 202446min
The Mirror in My Cell - Origin Story
I was arrested in late 2023, crossing the Belarusian border with 1.3 grams of marijuana in my raincoat. Part II of Article 328 prescribed I would spend the next 3 - 7 years in prison. From living a fr...
15 Nov 202421min
The Mirror In My Cell - Introduction
This is the Mirror in My Cell - a conversation series borne from those who have confronted incarceration. When facing darkness head on, they saw a portal into identity, society and spirit. Join Thomas...
14 Nov 20242min
