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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…

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.

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…

In this revealing interview, Nehemiah Reentry staff member Rebecca Barber, talks with a currently incarcerated individual in a Wisconsin prison about the conditions in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

Nehemiah Reentry staff member, Rebecca Barber, interviews a currently incarcerated individual in a Wisconsin prison about the conditions in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

Sent Thursday, March 26, 2020 (Identity not included for their protection) “I’m currently serving my seventh year on a nonviolent drug offense in my first incarceration. I was sent to [a maximum-security prison in WI] on an override from Madison due to the significant accomplishments and conduct that I have maintained during my incarceration. I have been…

Sent Thursday, March 26, 2020 (Identity not included for their protection) “I’ve been in [a maximum-security prison in WI] for the past eighteen years, and I have never seen it anywhere close to as somber as it’s been over the past few weeks. Fear, worry and frustration have gripped and overwhelmed both inmates and staff…

Anthony Cooper sits down for a conversation with Jacqualyn Hunt, founder of FOSTER, and guest speaker for the 2020 Nehemiah Reentry Conference.