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Prison mastery starts with you. An intentional incarceration — as well as an intentional life — is founded on four fundamental pillars: BELIEVE YOU CAN BECOME BETTER, BECOME BETTER, HELP OTHERS BECOME BETTER, and REPEAT.

These four concepts are aimed at helping you overcome false self-talk, create better self-awareness, and create a personal narrative of your own making. Basically, an incarceration that betters you and everyone you interact with.

Our power lies in our ability to believe we are deserving of becoming better, and repeating the process over and over throughout life. Prison mastery isn’t just about doing time, but doing time that matters — by helping yourself and others is what matters.

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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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