Frequently, when we take our show on the road, so to speak, by traveling to various institutions to hold workshops, we meet someone David...

Hello, everyone. Life Support Alliance has invited me here to share with you whatever I think might help promote the positive,...

Today was one of those unexpectedly wonderful, moving and motivating days—they happen from time to time, and I like to share the joy with...

Early yesterday morning, amid an unexpected rainy and blustery day, Dave, former lifer Jeff DePue and I left Sacramento about 6 am,...

At mid-morning today the Cal Supreme handed down the much awaited decision regarding In RE: Hardin. And frankly, it was not good news. ...

Dave and I just returned from our weekly group at CMF--it's now after 7 pm, yet another long day. But I wanted to share an email that...

As part of my usual attendance at the BPH’s monthly Executive Board meeting this month, I was able to sit in on several training sessions...

What is a Palooza, you ask? Well, so did we. And while we can’t find a definition anywhere in any dictionary, it seems to be a shortened...

While it was never a conscious decision to try and visit all of the state prisons in California, since I started doing this work, oh, so...

There’s lots of chatter recently about ‘transparency’ from the BPH, the intent being to ‘prove’ that the board has some nefarious intent...

One of the newer phrases we’re seeing in parole denials is allegations of ‘image (sometimes called impression) management,’ implying the...

(One of the Principles used in our curricula) The news is filled these days with talk of ‘entitlement’ and ‘privilege,’ usually paired...

We’re on the road again, headed Tuesday to CCWF in Chowchilla—one of two women’s prisons in California. We’ve been invited to...

Being a prisoner advocate is not for the faint of heart--there are many frustrations, disappointments, controversies and heart-rending...

Hello everyone, David here reaching out with one of the several testimonials we've received. In his own words, this is Eric Martin....

We’ve said for many years that when someone receives a life in prison sentence, the only people more lost as in what to do next, what to...

After many years of providing workshops, programs and information to lifers, Life Support Alliance, like the rest of lifer-world, was...

The last couple of weeks have been especially busy—travel, workshops, correspondence homework to review, never-ending letters, calls and...

Hello everyone, David here. Just a quick report on just one of the things we've been doing lately. In the course of all that we do, we...