Monthly Archives: June 2015

Life on Parole

  By Lashonia Etheridge-Bey | June 28, 2015 - 3:26 pm |
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Imagine what it would be like if you had to account to someone regarding every aspect of your life, forever. What if you had to send someone proof of employment once a month? Imagine how it would feel to have someone visit your home monthly to verify that you live there and observe your surroundings. What if you had to ask for permission every time you wanted to travel across state lines and you couldn’t go unless you received a travel permit with your picture plastered across it? Continue reading →

Abandoning My Children When I Was Incarcerated

  By Lashonia Etheridge-Bey | June 24, 2015 - 8:33 pm |
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Sometimes I wonder if I will ever get over the grief and shame of abandoning my children for 18 years when I was incarcerated. When I went away, my son was 10 months old and my daughter was three years old. By the time I was released, they were young adults. My daughter had a child of her own. Continue reading →

Should Pell Educational Grants be reinstated for Prisoners?

  By Lashonia Etheridge-Bey | June 1, 2015 - 8:48 pm |
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It’s possible that educational Pell grants will be given to prisoners again on a limited basis. They were awarded in the past, but during the Clinton administration there was a change in policy and those grants to inmates were eliminated. I was recently speaking with a friend about how the education of an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person can change the direction of that person’s life for the better. Continue reading →