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FOIA Bill Rolls Back Access to Closed Police Files — Pri-Zen: An Online Magazine Less than a year after Virginia expanded FOIA access to closed police files, the General Assembly has passed a bill rolling it back.

New posts are going up weekly at Pri-Zen and season 2 of our podcast is on the way! Patrick Akers is one of the talented artists whose work is featured. We'll be sharing writing, drawing, painting and other creations from people who are still incarcerated and those who have been recently released.

“Askirr” by Patrick Akers — Pri-Zen: An Online Magazine “Askirr,” 2021. Acrylic on acrylic pad by Patrick Akers.

Copies of physical mail are not the same as the original letters or photos. This article does a great job explaining the impact of this policy in other states. It's the same in Virginia.

Prisons Are Increasingly Banning Physical Mail Scan, print, deliver?

A magical birthday behind bars? Mithrellas Curtis describes an amazing day with true friends. It's one of the Stories From the Inside we're so proud to be sharing. Read more at https://www.pri-zen.com/stories-from-the-inside-1

New episodes of the Pri-Zen podcast are coming out each week. You can hear the first three now. Let us know what you think and what topics you'd like to hear about in the future!

Pri-Zen: Lessons from Lockup with Jesse Crosson What does it mean to be rehabilitated, and how can the criminal justice system be improved to promote public safety and genuine rehabilitation for offenders? Those are questions Jesse Crosson has spent nearly two decades contemplating and putting...

We'll be publishing writing from incarcerated people, victims of crime, and professionals in the criminal justice field. Check out the website and podcast and let us know what you think. And if you know someone who might like to be published, please reach out!

Our Vision — Pri-Zen: An Online Magazine Common sense criminal justice reform The criminal justice system isn’t working, and people are suffering. That’s the conclusion I arrived at after covering criminal justice issues as a reporter in Central Virginia for 20 years. For most of those years, Jesse Crosson was experiencing the Virginia...