Posts by Eli Steenlage
Glass Ceiling
Glass Ceiling By Marshall Jones Felt like a movie playing the day he sentenced me…. Time stopped as I laid my head on the table, tears battered the carpet beneath. Tears laced the face of my brother, told me “Don’t cry”, like life imprisonment wasn’t a good reason. Still remember that day… Glad to say…
Read MoreDoes Prison Reform People?
Does Prison Reform People? By Marshall Jones I have been asked this question quite a few times over the 17 years I have been imprisoned, sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without parole. See, when people look at me, they find it hard to believe that I have a life sentence. For one, I don’t…
Read MoreA Special Back to School Message from Ms. Jackie Hunt
From the Desk of Jackie Hunt Dear Supporters, Let’s go the extra mile for our Back 2 Skool Bash this year! We would like to distribute gift cards to parents to stores like Target, Walmart, Burlington, Kohl’s, etc. for those last-minute things. The goal is to promote dignity, happiness, and pride for parents in being…
Read MoreJustified Anger – Hateful Condemnation, or a Loving Call to Wholeness?
As an employee of Justified Anger, an initiative of Nehemiah, I cannot tell you how many times we have heard pushback, concern, or flat-out disagreement with the use of the term “anger” in our name. “You’ve got to get rid of anger.” “Maybe change it to justified action.” “Anger is the wrong way to go.”…
Read MoreCOVID Pandemic Response Nonprofit Grant Program
These are highlights from the COVID Pandemic Response Nonprofit Grant Program. Please connect to the Department of Administration website for full details and to access the application. https://doa.wi.gov/Pages/COVIDNonprofitGrant.aspxApplications due by 2:00PM CST, Monday, November 9, 2020 ===== Competitive Basis – Grants are awarded on a competitive basis – this is not a first-come, first-served program. It’s worth…
Read MoreDispatches From Prison – Phone Interview 4 — COVID Outbreak
Rebecca Barber, Reentry Housing Coordinator, talks with a listener in Waupun Correctional during this current situation with Covid… This is what it is to be inside RIGHT NOW. “allow me to fill you in on what’s going on around here. B, we’ve been locked down for about two weeks now (since October 16th), due to…
Read More“The Language of the Unheard” – A History Professor’s Honest Account of Racial Justice Past and Present
Hi Professor Kantrowitz I took your history 176 class first semester and it honestly was one of the most thought provoking classes I’ve ever taken. Your class definitely opened me to many experiences and perspectives I had never seen before. I feel like you did a really good job allowing us as students to take…
Read MoreNehemiah Conversations – Prison Conditions Update During COVID-19 Crisis-New Infections
Nehemiah’s Reentry Team provides commentary on some recent news coming out of Wisconsin prisons about new infections. The team brings their own experience and contacts within the prisons to expose the reality of what is happening.
Read MoreDispatches From Prison – Phone Interview 3
Nehemiah Reentry staff member, Rebecca Barber, gets an update from a currently incarcerated individual in a Wisconsin prison about the conditions as cases of COVID-19 spread through the prisons.
Read MoreDispatches From Prison – Part III: Does an inmate have to die before they react accordingly?
Sent Thursday, March 28, 2020 (Edited to protect identities) This ___ is real! Rumor has it that the virus is in four prisons and growing. They said it’s in (4 prison locations) and has corona and the Nora virus. Yet the government has not reacted except to take our visits, recreation, school and place people…
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