Oversight is a Need for Us All

“An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.”
The Stalemate: An Un-Sustainable Lifestyle

“Many are quick to make a connection between the cunning efforts of an often untouchable system and its big corporate contractors to exploit and monopolize the prison market.”
Why Us?

“There’s really no doubt or argument against the fact that the U.S. leads the world in incarceration rates.”
Welcome to Perryville

“There are some things that movies and T. V. don’t show you about prison or don’t want to tell you because they don’t know or it’s too much.”
Maze of Perception

“This portrayal of violence, sexual assault, and racism is skewed in such a way that captures the attention of viewers, not to educate or scare straight but to commercialize prison to those that buy-in to this false reality”
Return to Purpose

“There is a great opportunity that is currently present, that is the creation of an independent oversight committee.”
From Turmoil to Love: A Prisoner Story

“l feel like prison can do one of two things; it can make you bitter, or it can make you better. The
choice is up to the individual and how they choose to do their sentence.”
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes

“One of the scariest things that can happen to a person who is incarcerated is getting sick, being
mentally ill, or having a physical injury. The notion of health care inside Arizona prisons is a joke at best.”
ADCRR Issues Report Out About Escape From ADCRR-Florence Complex South Unit

Critical understaffing at ASPC Florence Complex – South Unit in January 2021 cited as major reason for not detecting the escape of John Charpoit and David Harmon.
The Need for Prison Oversight: My Why

For decades across the country, small towns and rural communities have suffered from a decline in farming and manufacturing work, often resulting in widespread economic depression leaving those living in […]