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The Detroit News
Pregnant in prison: one woman's experience in Women's Huron Valley
August 12, 2026
Click On Detroit
From Prison to Pro: Ypsilanti program helps formerly incarcerated people learn digital skills
August 12, 2026
The Detroit News
As deaths mount at Michigan's women's prison, critics impugn health care
August 12, 2026
Metro Mode
Returning citizens face extra hurdles in Detroit’s already challenging housing market
July 22, 2026
JLUSA
Cecilia Zavala on teaching people how to live in a digital world after incarceration
April 13, 2026
The Metro 101.9 FM
Michigan gives parolees IDs. What more can be done to offer residents a second chance?
February 26, 2026
Michigan Public Radio
Coming home to an 'alien world': Michigan nonprofit teaches how to live in a digital world after incarceration
January 28, 2026
JLUSA
What Cecilia Zavala told John Legend she most wants social justice funders to understand
January 15, 2026
Song Foundation
Nation Outside: Bridging the Digital Divide for Returning Citizens
December 16, 2025
Fox 47 News
The Nation Outside organization helps individuals released from prison find resources
June 16, 2025
JLUSA
Rick Speck discusses Michigan banning mandatory life without parole for 19- and 20-year-olds convicted of murder
April 24, 2025
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
Program to create housing options for the formerly incarcerated
April 11, 2025
JLUSA
Cecilia Zavala on presidential pardons and “the stigma that harms generations”
January 6, 2025
Common Dreams
Cecilia Zavala: Pardon Me: Ending the Stigma That Harms Generations
December 25, 2024
Daily Camera
Opinion: Cecilia Zavala: People reentering society post-incarceration need support
November 27, 2024
JLUSA
Cecilia Zavala speaks about barriers to voting for incarcerated people
November 4, 2024
News Channel 3
Kent County judge, former inmates push for passage of 'Second Look' prison reform bills
September 25, 2024
Public radio from Western Michigan University 102.1 NPR
A statewide law could make it easier for people with criminal records to find a place to live
July 10, 2023
The Flint Courier News
Flint Meet the Mayoral Candidates in Jail Discussion meant to ignite conversation
July 20, 2022
United Way South Central Michigan
IMPACT! A Path Forward for Re-entering Citizens
May 4, 2022
WDET 101.9 FM
Rick Speck Spent 18 Years in Prison — Now He’s Working to Cut Incarceration in Half
April 23, 2019