The Visiting Room Project
@visitingroom.bsky.social
A multimedia storytelling project and community archive with people serving life without parole in Louisiana.
https://www.visitingroomproject.org/
https://www.visitingroomproject.org/
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Letter-writing helps dismantle the isolation of prison by building connection, preserving memories, + interrupting cycles of harm. We won't let incarcerated women + survivors be forgotten.
✨ Co-hosted w/ ThurmanPerryFoundation.org + @louisianajsa.bsky.social
Letter-writing helps dismantle the isolation of prison by building connection, preserving memories, + interrupting cycles of harm. We won't let incarcerated women + survivors be forgotten.
✨ Co-hosted w/ ThurmanPerryFoundation.org + @louisianajsa.bsky.social
🌟Resource Spotlight🌟
New resource from @wilsoncsj at @dukelaw helps to illuminate the scale and impact of life without parole sentences – also known as death by incarceration.
New resource from @wilsoncsj at @dukelaw helps to illuminate the scale and impact of life without parole sentences – also known as death by incarceration.
Announcing our latest resource: Our Life Sentences Dashboard, a comprehensive, interactive platform bringing together decades of national data on life imprisonment in the U.S. This data collection was led by Ashley Nellis, PhD, @au-spa.bsky.social. Learn more: wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/new-res....
January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
🌟Resource Spotlight🌟
New resource from @wilsoncsj at @dukelaw helps to illuminate the scale and impact of life without parole sentences – also known as death by incarceration.
New resource from @wilsoncsj at @dukelaw helps to illuminate the scale and impact of life without parole sentences – also known as death by incarceration.
💌 SAVE THE DATE + RSVP: bit.ly/3LbHV2Q
Letter-writing helps dismantle the isolation of prison by building connection, preserving memories, + interrupting cycles of harm. We won't let incarcerated women + survivors be forgotten.
✨ Co-hosted w/ ThurmanPerryFoundation.org + @louisianajsa.bsky.social
Letter-writing helps dismantle the isolation of prison by building connection, preserving memories, + interrupting cycles of harm. We won't let incarcerated women + survivors be forgotten.
✨ Co-hosted w/ ThurmanPerryFoundation.org + @louisianajsa.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
💌 SAVE THE DATE + RSVP: bit.ly/3LbHV2Q
Letter-writing helps dismantle the isolation of prison by building connection, preserving memories, + interrupting cycles of harm. We won't let incarcerated women + survivors be forgotten.
✨ Co-hosted w/ ThurmanPerryFoundation.org + @louisianajsa.bsky.social
Letter-writing helps dismantle the isolation of prison by building connection, preserving memories, + interrupting cycles of harm. We won't let incarcerated women + survivors be forgotten.
✨ Co-hosted w/ ThurmanPerryFoundation.org + @louisianajsa.bsky.social
🎥 Wondering how to access The Visiting Room Project archive?
Visit our website (visitingroomproject.org) and click "Archive." You will then be prompted to fill out a short form agreeing to adhere to the project's standards when engaging with archival content.
Visit our website (visitingroomproject.org) and click "Archive." You will then be prompted to fill out a short form agreeing to adhere to the project's standards when engaging with archival content.
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🎥 Wondering how to access The Visiting Room Project archive?
Visit our website (visitingroomproject.org) and click "Archive." You will then be prompted to fill out a short form agreeing to adhere to the project's standards when engaging with archival content.
Visit our website (visitingroomproject.org) and click "Archive." You will then be prompted to fill out a short form agreeing to adhere to the project's standards when engaging with archival content.
On Nov. 6th, join us in St. Francisville for an evening of community dialogue around the impacts of incarceration.
📅 Thursday, Nov. 6th at 6:30pm
📍 Fellowship Hall / 4744 Fidelity St, St. Francisville LA
📩 Questions? Reach out to [email protected]
📅 Thursday, Nov. 6th at 6:30pm
📍 Fellowship Hall / 4744 Fidelity St, St. Francisville LA
📩 Questions? Reach out to [email protected]
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On Nov. 6th, join us in St. Francisville for an evening of community dialogue around the impacts of incarceration.
📅 Thursday, Nov. 6th at 6:30pm
📍 Fellowship Hall / 4744 Fidelity St, St. Francisville LA
📩 Questions? Reach out to [email protected]
📅 Thursday, Nov. 6th at 6:30pm
📍 Fellowship Hall / 4744 Fidelity St, St. Francisville LA
📩 Questions? Reach out to [email protected]
✨ Idosia came home in 2022 after over 24 years of incarceration.
While in prison, she trained in culinary arts and worked as head cook - A skill she learned from her grandmother. Today, Idosia finds joy in cooking for the people she loves most: her 4 children, 14 grandchildren, and fiancé, Robert.
While in prison, she trained in culinary arts and worked as head cook - A skill she learned from her grandmother. Today, Idosia finds joy in cooking for the people she loves most: her 4 children, 14 grandchildren, and fiancé, Robert.
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
✨ Idosia came home in 2022 after over 24 years of incarceration.
While in prison, she trained in culinary arts and worked as head cook - A skill she learned from her grandmother. Today, Idosia finds joy in cooking for the people she loves most: her 4 children, 14 grandchildren, and fiancé, Robert.
While in prison, she trained in culinary arts and worked as head cook - A skill she learned from her grandmother. Today, Idosia finds joy in cooking for the people she loves most: her 4 children, 14 grandchildren, and fiancé, Robert.
Did you know that in Louisiana, incarcerated workers make as little as 2 cents per hour for their labor? Hear directly from TVRP narrators as they reflect on work at the plantation-turned-prison known as Angola.
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Did you know that in Louisiana, incarcerated workers make as little as 2 cents per hour for their labor? Hear directly from TVRP narrators as they reflect on work at the plantation-turned-prison known as Angola.
Reposted by The Visiting Room Project
“I find it somewhat ironic that a person can learn to live life in a place where they were sent to die.”
In the Depths of Death Row, a Light
I find it ironic that a person can learn to live life in a place where they were sent to die. This is what living on death row is like.
prisonjournalismproject.org
September 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“I find it somewhat ironic that a person can learn to live life in a place where they were sent to die.”
Reposted by The Visiting Room Project
#TheLensNola🔍 A buzzed-about spelling bee returns to the United States’ biggest maximum security prison.
✍️ Lawson Strickland
Read More: buff.ly/oTaRzxf
✍️ Lawson Strickland
Read More: buff.ly/oTaRzxf
September 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
#TheLensNola🔍 A buzzed-about spelling bee returns to the United States’ biggest maximum security prison.
✍️ Lawson Strickland
Read More: buff.ly/oTaRzxf
✍️ Lawson Strickland
Read More: buff.ly/oTaRzxf
🌷Scenes from our recent zine workshop exploring girlhood!
Together, narrators reflected on the radical history of zines as a tool for reclaiming agency and self-identification, shared how we might incorporate play into our daily life, and honored the parts of our youth we're ready to release. 🦋
Together, narrators reflected on the radical history of zines as a tool for reclaiming agency and self-identification, shared how we might incorporate play into our daily life, and honored the parts of our youth we're ready to release. 🦋
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🌷Scenes from our recent zine workshop exploring girlhood!
Together, narrators reflected on the radical history of zines as a tool for reclaiming agency and self-identification, shared how we might incorporate play into our daily life, and honored the parts of our youth we're ready to release. 🦋
Together, narrators reflected on the radical history of zines as a tool for reclaiming agency and self-identification, shared how we might incorporate play into our daily life, and honored the parts of our youth we're ready to release. 🦋
Reposted by The Visiting Room Project
Join Invisible Histories for a one hour virtual workshop on activities and events that you and your community can do to preserve the memory and tell the story of someone you loved who has passed.
October 11, 2025
11am Central / Noon Eastern
Register: https://givebutter.com/maw2025
October 11, 2025
11am Central / Noon Eastern
Register: https://givebutter.com/maw2025
September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join Invisible Histories for a one hour virtual workshop on activities and events that you and your community can do to preserve the memory and tell the story of someone you loved who has passed.
October 11, 2025
11am Central / Noon Eastern
Register: https://givebutter.com/maw2025
October 11, 2025
11am Central / Noon Eastern
Register: https://givebutter.com/maw2025
Our Emmy-nominated NYT Opinion video sheds light on the lived experiences of those serving death by incarceration sentences Louisiana. Watch here: www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
🎥 @nytopinion.nytimes.com
🎥 @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Video: Opinion | They Know What They Did. They’d Like You to Know Who They’ve Become.
These men have spent their entire adult lives in prison. How much punishment is enough?
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Our Emmy-nominated NYT Opinion video sheds light on the lived experiences of those serving death by incarceration sentences Louisiana. Watch here: www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
🎥 @nytopinion.nytimes.com
🎥 @nytopinion.nytimes.com
This law threatens the very process that has helped many TVRP narrators come home. Through post-conviction relief, they have reconnected with family, started careers, joined advocacy efforts, and been active members of their communities.
📝 @psfrench.bsky.social
#lalege #lagov
📝 @psfrench.bsky.social
#lalege #lagov
On June 20, Louisiana’s ultra-conservative governor, Jeff Landry, signed House Bill 675, which dramatically restricts prisoners’ ability to claim their innocence after a conviction.
boltsmag.org/louisia...
boltsmag.org/louisia...
Louisiana Is Bulldozing the Right of Prisoners to Prove Their Innocence After a Conviction
Louisiana has a long legacy of violating rights to secure convictions and putting innocent people in prison. A new law effectively shuts the door on their ability to seek relief.
boltsmag.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This law threatens the very process that has helped many TVRP narrators come home. Through post-conviction relief, they have reconnected with family, started careers, joined advocacy efforts, and been active members of their communities.
📝 @psfrench.bsky.social
#lalege #lagov
📝 @psfrench.bsky.social
#lalege #lagov
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September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Stay in the loop with TVRP! Our monthly newsletter includes updates and storytelling from narrators, news highlights, event announcements, and opportunities for community-building and action.
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Rooted in a tradition of oral storytelling, The Visiting Room Project archive features over 100 interviews with people sentenced to life without parole – also known as death by incarceration – in Louisiana.
Learn more about TVRP and explore the archive: www.visitingroomproject.org
Learn more about TVRP and explore the archive: www.visitingroomproject.org
The Visiting Room
Nearly 5,000 people are sentenced to die in Louisiana prisons
without any possibility of parole.
This is the largest collection of first-person testimonials ever
gathered from people servi...
www.visitingroomproject.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rooted in a tradition of oral storytelling, The Visiting Room Project archive features over 100 interviews with people sentenced to life without parole – also known as death by incarceration – in Louisiana.
Learn more about TVRP and explore the archive: www.visitingroomproject.org
Learn more about TVRP and explore the archive: www.visitingroomproject.org