RE/CLAIMED Magazine

RE/CLAIMED Magazine explores what it truly means to reclaim your life, your identity, and your future. Centered around the theme of Reclamation, this issue features powerful stories of resilience, healing, redemption, and transformation from individuals who have experienced incarceration, trauma, and adversity. Readers will enjoy an exclusive interview with award-winning journalist and criminal justice reform advocate Lawrence Bartley, who shares his journey from prison to purpose and reflects on the power of storytelling to inspire change. This issue also includes an investigative report examining the continued use of strip searches in correctional facilities despite advances in modern technology, encouraging readers to think critically about dignity, justice, and human rights. Additional features explore healing and body dysmorphia, finding purpose through loss, navigating menopause while incarcerated, and challenging society to reconsider how it views those impacted by the criminal legal system. Whether you are preparing for reentry, pursuing personal growth, or seeking encouragement during your incarceration, the Reclamation issue offers hope, insight, and practical inspiration. It is a reminder that your past does not define you, your voice matters, and every day presents a new opportunity to reclaim your didnity, puroose, and future.