The Humanization Blog
Ultimately, both a primary goal and strategy of The Humanization Project is to highlight for the world the individual, complex, diverse human beings impacted by imprisonment, both past and ongoing. By sharing their strengths and successes, hopes and visions, skills and hobbies, even mistakes and fears, they can be relatable to anyone. Stereotypes will be replaced with human compassion.
Here we present a deep dive into some of the people you’ll be glad to know better, people who are important to their communities and families, people who are far more than their worst day. In various and sundry formats to reach diverse audiences we offer summaries, full written interviews, video interviews with retuning citizens, and more.
Op-Ed: Reading Between the Lines of Education
Reading Between the Lines on Education By: Taj Mahon-Haft Watching the election and Youngkin’s early days, I am both impressed and perplexed. Impressed by his
How to Build a Law
By: The Humanization Project …the authors/champions of the (original, including everyone) ESC expansion bill, and coauthors of 2nd Look and Anti-Profiteering bills, among others. Not
Shameful Shamefulness
From Taj Mahon-Haft: I am tearfully, ragingly disgusted by what happened recently in Texas. and again in Buffalo. And in a California church the next
Earned Sentence Credit Expansion Exclusions
The list of offenses that are excluded from earning the newly expanded earned sentence credits are here. Any questions regarding your specific case, please consult
More Than My Conviction ~ Derek Jamal Stephens
Greetings to you all! My name is Derek Jamal Stephens. I was born and raised in a townhouse in Portsmouth, Virginia, the second oldest of