Prison

My friend Laurie Jo Reynolds has been working tirelessly on a campaign to bring accountability to the treatment of prisoners at the TAMMS Penitentiary in Illinois. This supermax prison in Southern Illinois treats prisoners terribly engaging in behavior that only the cruelest most delusional people would not refer to as torture.

Buddhist teacher, former inmate and founder of several prison service organizations Fleet Maul talks about life behind bars. Even in the hostile prison environment, Fleet found that people would eventually reveal their humanity, which inspired him to rededicate his life to spiritual practice and service.

Free Voice Media Alliance has produced a new episode of SourceCode, Free Speech TV’s original news magazine program. This episode is “Private Prisons: Commerce in Souls.”