Our work supporting people in prison is more important than ever as people sit in cells without their education programs, without their religious or spiritual groups, without support groups and without visits from their friends and family. Many have lost their jobs in prison due to the inability to socially distance and, therefore, lost the ability to make money. And people rely on the commissary for all their basic needs. Not to mention, this has been going on since mid-March. Quarantining and lockdown are a regular occurrence. I can't imagine spending 22 hours a day in a room no bigger than my bathroom for months on end, can you?

I am a philosophy professor and I have spent over 20 years studying the history of thought. It is rather humorous that the insights that I have gained through the “Insight to Wellbeing” course that I help to facilitate with Anna at Columbia River Correctional Institute, frequently amount to the advice to not overthink things.