Notebook Spotlight: Solidarities Across Prison Walls

Vera Staff Ryan Shanahan, Selma Djokovic and Former TRUE Mentor James Davis come together together to discuss their partnership with the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) to create a young adult housing unit at Cheshire Correctional Facility. In the nine years since it was founded, the unit has reported zero incidents of violence and has transformed daily life for hundreds of young adults. The development of TRUE required collaboration between Vera staff, DOC leadership, Cheshire staff, incarcerated people and their families.