Locking people up doesn’t make your community safer. However, helping people when they come home from prison does. We have to call for policy changes that end senseless collateral consequences for those who are system-impacted.
Author: Tyra Patterson
Tyra Patterson, an advocate and artist, is creating a world where people impacted by incarceration are fully welcomed back home and not defined by their mistakes. Currently living in Cincinnati, she serves as the community outreach director for Ohio Justice and Policy Center and on the Board of Directors for ArtWorks Cincinnati, Black Art Speaks, Art Academy of Cincinnati and Just Media.