Jail Academy presents

Mind
Free

Race. Power. Faith.
Law. Freedom.

Mind Free is a reading and writing course built from Black history, literature, theology, law, and politics.

$29 / month
Send Mind Free

We print and mail the course.
The reader works at their own pace.

About the magazine ↓
Mind Free Reader 01 with its mailing envelope

What we are
reading.

  • Reading listWoodson. Du Bois. Freire. Cone. Malcolm X. And more.
  • Core questionsRace. Power. Faith. Law. History. Freedom.
  • The workRead closely. Write in the margins. Say what you think.

Mind Free does not treat people in state custody as a problem to fix. It puts strong books in their hands and makes room for their own thought.

Open Mind Free workbook with a course map and reading questions

Freedom Dispatch.

$5 / month

We also make a monthly magazine. It covers news, history, law, culture, tech, and ideas. It is made for people in state custody and mailed in print.

The monthly magazine.

News and ideas in print, once a month.

$5/ month

Monthly magazine

One new print magazine mailed each month.

  • Clear news from the world outside
  • History behind the headlines
  • Law, culture, tech, and big ideas
  • Made to read without a screen
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A stack of Freedom Dispatch monthly magazines
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