Interviews with Members

TEDx by PPTG founding Member

PPTG Founding member, Michael Shane Hale, participated in a Tedx event at Sing Sing Correctional Facility where he now resides. During this podcast of PENNED, Shane explores the idea of uncertainty with host, Christina and shares the audio from his TEDx about redefining the prison reentry experience from within.

Interview with PPTG Memeber on Legal Show

Phil Miller is a member of the Phoenix Players Theater Group who returned home in 2016, having served slightly more than 17 years in prison. He spent most of that time working in the law library, helping others challenge their criminal convictions and the conditions of their confinement. In the following two-part interview Phil discusses his experiences as a “jail house lawyer.”

Jailhouse Law—Lawyering from Inside Prison

Jailhouse Law—Lawyering from Inside Prison (Part 2)

INTERVIEW WITH PPTG MEMBERS

This unedited interview with Demetrius Molina, Raymond Vanclief, Phil Miller (now released), Michael Rhynes and David Bendezu was provided to PPTG by WSKG, a regional PBS station, after the station aired a story about the group after the station aired a story about the group in 2015. They discuss the transformative nature of PPTG and the emotional opening that the workshops provide for the members. Michael and David discuss the necessity for creating a sense of community within PPTG through responsibility and commitment to the group.

INTERVIEW WITH NATHAN POWELL AND ADAM ROBERTS

This unedited interview with Nathan Powell and Adam Roberts and was provided to PPTG by WSKG, a regional PBS station, after the station aired a story about the group in 2015. They discuss their relationship with the facilitators, how compassion is exhibited in the workshops each week and the trust and confidence the men in the group have in each other.

INTERVIEW WITH JIM RYANT, SHELDON JOHNSON AND LARRY GREEN

This unedited interview with Jim Ryant, Sheldon Johnson and Larry Green was provided to PPTG by WSKG, a regional PBS station, after the station aired a story about the group in 2015. In it, the men discuss the process of becoming members of PPTG, the influence the group has on their personal lives and their day-to-day existence within the general population.