JoyBelle Phelan

Yay! You deserve it girl

Five years free today.

Eating tamales for Christmas Eve — just like inside — and feeling grateful for second chances, steady growth, and the people who walk this road.

If you’ve made it out too, I see you. 🌈

Having a great time!

Summer Heat in Prison: Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons? Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how hot their prisons get in the summer. One prison reached 117 degrees.

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Big news! 🎉 So proud to be part of the team! Prison Journalism Project is a finalist for the Online Journalism Awards for our story on extreme heat in prisons.

📖 Read it: prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/w...

This is what it means to be changing the storytellers. 💜

A sweet little luck dragon made from paper. One of my writers today made it while crafting his D&D campaign.

✨ First post magic! ✨Hi Bluesky! I’m JoyBelle — writer and co-founder of Unbound Authors, a writing center without walls supporting incarcerated storytellers across Colorado.
We believe in the power of narrative to heal, connect, and liberate.
💜🖋️ #WritingAsResistance #UnboundAuthors