From Arnold Adventures:
Ronald Simpson-Bey is intimately acquainted with issues of prison safety. Before he became a leader in the criminal justice reform movement, he spent 27 years in Michigan state prison on a wrongful conviction that was overturned in 2012.
“When you have a lack of programs and a lack of out-of-cell activity, when people are confined to their cells for 23 hours a day, after a certain period of time it creates stress, it creates anxiety,” Simpson-Bey says. ?“People, especially people with undiagnosed mental health issues, are going to act out.”
Today, as the executive vice president of JustLeadershipUSA, Simpson-Bey is devoted to changing unjust and damaging practices in the United States prison system. Part of that work is ensuring that people with lived experience of the system have their voices heard about what will make life safer and more dignified behind bars. This includes both people who have been incarcerated and people who have worked in prison facilities.
“You need to have people who have been impacted by the criminal justice system at the table having these conversations,” Simpson-Bey says. >> Continue reading
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