The Redemption Project

The Redemption Project The Redemption Project provides a platform for stories and discussion about life-without-parole sentences and those impacted by them. Stories can also end it.

Stories - fearful, panicked media narratives - built our country's system of mass incarceration. Disrupting the narratives of men and women serving life without parole. The Redemption Project grew out of a collaboration between Kempis “Ghani” Songster, John Pace and Aaron "Abdul Lateef" Phillips, three remarkable men serving life-without-parole sentences in Pennsylvania for crimes that they were c

onvicted of as children, and Mike Lyons, a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Saint Joseph’s University. The project’s mission is to research, document and share the stories of lifers, their families and allies to increase public awareness and prompt a revisiting of mandatory life-without-parole sentences.

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Philadelphia, PA
19131

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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(215) 882-1538

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Sharing the stories of men and women serving life without parole. The Redemption Project grew out of a collaboration between Kempis “Ghani” Songster, John Pace and Aaron "Abdul Lateef" Phillips, three remarkable men recently released from prison after serving sentences of at least 30 years, and Mike Lyons, a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Saint Joseph’s University. The project’s mission is to research, document and share the stories of lifers, their families and allies to increase public awareness and prompt a revisiting of mandatory life-without-parole sentences.

Our country’s system of mass incarceration was built on stories - fearful narratives of mostly poor black and brown people. Our belief is that stories - hopeful narratives of redemption and injustice - can end mass incarceration.