Nonprofit aims to cultivate media centers in prisons throughout the United States
Pollen Initiative executive director Jesse Vasquez, left, speaks with Paper Trail editor and chief Amber Bray while at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. The Pollen Initiative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivated prison newspapers and media centers, so that incarcerated people can shed light on the prison system in California.
Pollen Initiative executive director Jesse Vasquez is photographed in front of a mural at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Crime and Public Safety |ICE is looking for a new detention center in Northern California. The state probably can’t stop it
“Writing is a passion for me,” said news editor and one-time Los Gatos resident Delina Williams. “It’s being able to utilize the skills that I had in the youth of my life and put some things out there that I think will touch people’s hearts.” He warned them that they’d need thick skins, because they’d be in the public eye, both in the “fish bowl” of the 2,100-person facility and among people in power. But the rewards could be immeasurable. Not only would they feel pride in seeing their bylines, they’d grow personally by learning to see the world through the lens of ethics and fairness.When Vasquez was done with his presentation, he asked how many still wanted to apply, and nearly every woman’s hand shot up.
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