Weighing In - We Are All Criminals

22 Aug 2019

SEEN

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, More Than My Mugshot | 0

SEEN is a prison portrait and poetry project. But more importantly, it’s a Minnesota portrait and poetry project. Through photography, video, and written word, we share the poignant brilliance of poets and prose writers in Minnesota state prisons, and work … Continued

5 Jul 2018

TEACHER: Trafficking of Controlled Substances

by criminalsadmin | posted in: College Days, Luxury To Forget, The Color of Crime | 0

I did a bit of smuggling many years ago.

5 Jul 2018

STUDENT: Underage Consumption; Public Intoxication; Public Urination; Possession of Controlled Substances; Driving Under the Influence; Shoplifting

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, Teenage Years, The Color of Crime | 0

I’m very lucky, and so glad to be here. My past hasn’t prevented me from being here.

4 May 2018

Student

by criminalsadmin | posted in: More Than My Mugshot | 0

I don’t let the past keep me down.

4 May 2018

Ambulance Driver: Reckless Driving

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, Teenage Years | 0

I could have derailed so many possibilities in life.

4 May 2018

Medical Professional: Breaking and Entering; Destruction of Property; Possession of Controlled Substances; Arson; Theft; Possession of False Identification; Minor in Possession

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, Teenage Years | 0

A few years ago, I asked myself: How can I turn these terrible things I’ve done into helping others?

4 May 2018

Student: Sale and Possession of Controlled Substances

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget | 0

People always tell me how lucky I am with all of my privileges. They’re not wrong. It’s something I am deeply grateful for—but I just wish that others knew my struggles, too.

4 May 2018

High School Teacher: Fraud

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget | 0

But at least I was able to pay rent.

4 May 2018

Nurse: Driving While Intoxicated, multiple counts

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Drunk + High, Luxury To Forget, The Color of Crime | 0

You’re not a product of your past.

4 May 2018

Digital Marketer: Theft of Online Music

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, Teenage Years | 0

The irony is incredible.

3 May 2018

Attorney, Certified Yoga Instructor

by criminalsadmin | posted in: More Than My Mugshot | 0

Because of my record, I was denied the clearance necessary to teach yoga at a women’s recovery home.

29 Jan 2018

ENGINEER: FELONY

by criminalsadmin | posted in: College Days, Luxury To Forget, Teenage Years, The Color of Crime | 0

They looked tired and angry and I wondered if they were thinking about me in that moment. Not me me. But the mes and the uses that do the same stuff with, well, impunity.