This episode opens with a slight breakdown of the letter from Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton to the new Director of the Federal Board of Prisons and moves into how federal guidelines adversely affect DC inmates, discrimination & mismanagement of DC inmates in sentencing management and the fallout of closing Lorton prison. This is not an episode you want to miss!

On this episode, the gentlemen discuss recent probation restrictions that stipulate unemployment as a reason to be put on "the box". The discussion centers around home confinement, probation, the local government agency's role in moving a parolee forward, and alternatives to supervision...

Today the gentlemen discuss bad prison food. More than just the taste and quality, the gents talk about the disparity between what's on the menu vs. what is served, inadequate portions, staff and inmate food choices, and unhealthy options more readily available than nutritious ones. They also mention how bad prison food can cause poor health in the inmate population, starting a cycle of unhealthy behaviors that linger after release.

The gentlemen continue their talk about reentry journeys and in part 2 discuss the positive side of their journey and how they did the work of getting back to their communities. Discussion highlights the trust factor of returning citizens with organizations, "reentry pimps", credible help, learning new skills, peer groups, and more.

Here we talk about our reentry journeys, none of which are the same. You must take back your identity when you're on your reentry journey.  This episode finds the  gentlemen speaking on their journeys upon release and navigating the first steps of returning to the community.

The second installment of our Trauma series explores triggers of trauma, how past experiences lead to PTSD symptoms, how to identify these, and how to manage them.   

“I got trauma.” Each of our hosts, led by Michael Dickerson El, share what trauma means to them and how trauma has manifested in their lives due to their time while incarcerated. This episode is the first of two in which our hosts discuss how any of the three types of trauma - acute, chronic, or complex - manifests itself in their current lives.

Introducing SFTY hosts Charles, Michael, and Dietrich! Hear from our three hosts as they tell us a little bit about themselves and their experience during incarceration and release, their goals for the conversations conducted through SFTY, and how they will be helping their brothers and sisters searching for solutions to some of their problems as returning citizens.