GETTING FREE

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 Inside those walls, suffering is shared. Much of the staff are undertrained, overworked, afraid, struggling with addiction, angry, isolated- and often coerced     into perpetuating harm. Women staff on top of this    are unsafe and unsupported.                                                 Those incarcerated endure daily abuse, neglect,    and constant violation of their human rights.             And loved ones are afraid, tired, under supported     and equipped to fight   beside their person.

It's time now that you are seen, heard and get            the support you need. Time to do this differently. 

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You’re workin’ in one of the toughest places on God’s green earth       to keep your heart open, but the world you’re protectin’ depends      on you doin’ just that.

’Cause real safety-real peace-IS NOT built on fear, it’s built on recognition.

​Every bit of respect you give-a steady voice, a nod that says I see you.

a pause before judgment,
the grace to give somebody one more chance-
that’s a quiet revolution right there inside these walls.

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And maybe that’s where it starts-
not with orders or rules,
but with small, everyday choices.
A little patience. A little empathy.
Treatin’ folks the way you’d want somebody to treat your own brother, your own kid, on their hardest day.

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