We’re building a platform that inspires change
70-100 MILLION
Americans with a
criminal record
2 MILLION
Americans jailed
annually
19-20 MILLION
Americans previously
incarcerated
51,302 INDIVIDUALS
In immigration detention
(June 1, 2025)
Our Mission
To amplify underrepresented voices and create storytelling that inspires awareness, empathy, and action.
Our Vision
We’re building a platform that inspires change
400+
Voices Amplified
60%
Growth in Community Reach
10k
200+
Partners & Collaborators
Our Mission
To amplify underrepresented voices and create storytelling that inspires awareness, empathy, and action.
Our Vision
Sometimes things happen to us in this life we live, that we are totally unprepared for; a tragic accident, a divorced, the death of a loved one…that completely turns our world upside down. Some people turn to drugs and alcohol to self -medicate, others grow angry and become violent, some don’t know how to continue on with their lives and chose to end it early. There is a common saying that goes, “hurt people, hurt people”. Often times, these people that are hurting due to some unforeseen occurrence, end up hurting others while dealing with their own pain.
That does not make them bad people, it just makes them responsible for whatever mistakes they make while in pain or under duress. Many times, however, these people end up discarded by the justice system, stuck in prison for decades without a second thought.
I am one of these people, and I know many others just like me. We believe that people are much more then our worst mistakes. This is 23 and 1…
I am one of these people, and I know many others just like me. We believe that people are much more then our worst mistakes. This is 23 and 1…
Our founder of 23and1 and the Editor-In-Chief for Words from the Pen is incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary serving out a 380 month sentence for First Degree Murder.
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