Activist: 2 Years In Prison Inspired Me to Fight for Justice Reform

No one thinks it will happen to them. We hear things on the news like: the United States is home to the largest incarcerated population in the world. We read and see the stories of formerly incarcerated people, like Piper Kerman’s experience at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. But we never imagine that it will happen to us.

I didn’t either — until I ended up in the same Connecticut prison because of one mistake in judgment.