Sheltering Justice texas after violence project

These interviews are a part of the Texas After Violence Project’s latest collection, Sheltering Justice, a collection of interviews and archival materials from those at the intersection of COVID-19 and mass incarceration. The Texas After Violence Project is a community-based archive and documentary project cultivating deeper understandings of the impacts of state-sanctioned violence on individuals, families, and communities, and is dedicated to building an archive of stories and other materials that shift narrative power to marginalized and oppressed communities, and promote restorative and transformative justice.

Since May, we have interviewed the loved ones of currently incarcerated people; people who have been released from confinement as a result of the pandemic; and activists, advocates, and organizers fighting for the urgent release of prisoners. Each contributor and storyteller in this collection has found themselves caught in a global pandemic in the most incarcerated country in the world. These stories give texture to the reality of mass incarceration. They share, expand, animate, and complicate conceptions like criminal, retribution, and punishment. They ask each of us to remember those on the inside, to honor their voices, and to speak up on their behalf. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to Lookout FM for their phenomenal work. You can find more at texasafterviolence.org or shelteringjustice.texasafterviolence.org.