Prison Lives Matter
We are Breona Taylor
George Floyd
Freddy Gray
and so many more.
We can’t breathe!
The only difference, ours started on the inside.
We sit here, day after day, calling out to people who are not there.
We look for help that we will never get.
We cry out for ourselves and the pain that we see in each other.
We are losing this fight one breath at a time!
But we’re begging for some oxygen!
Please help us!
Please speak to us!
Please fight with us!
PLEASE… Help… US… Breathe!
Every month, a physical envelope arrives at your door, postmarked from San Quentin Village, California. Inside, you will find original artwork, writing, and recipes from real contributors, along with a personal letter from me, Diane Kahn, founder of Humans of San Quentin, about the people who made them. You read it. You keep it.
Every piece comes from someone serving a sentence. Every piece reminds you they are so much more than that.
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