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An Abolitionist Wish for the Holidays


โ€˜Tis the season, and while many of us might be putting up trees and decorations, planning family dinners and holiday parties, and buying gifts for loved ones, thereโ€™s one population in the U.S. for whom the holidays may not be filled with joy: the millions of people impacted by family separation because their loved ones are incarcerated. 

Dortell Williams, an incarcerated father and grandfather at Mule Creek State Prison in California, is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. He has spent more than three decades behind bars. Williams is a special correspondent for YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali and spoke with the programโ€™s host and YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar about the impact of family separation and how to mitigate it.

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