Askia Afrika-Ber

Askia Afrika-Ber is a D.C. resident currently incarcerated at USP Hazelton in West Virginia. He is a staff writer for the More Than Our Crimes network.

More Than Our Crimes

Opinion: The federal Bureau of Prisons fails D.C. residents

D.C. doesn’t have its own prison, so its residents are sent to federal facilities all over the country. This is a bad system that serves no one.

More Than Our Crimes

Opinion: Prison phone restrictions sever D.C. residents from their loved ones

For incarcerated people, access to communication with the people they love is as necessary as food and water.