Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series

Saturdays throughout the Summer, 2-3 PM

The Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series is a program on Alcatraz Island that lifts up and highlights the voices of people who have spent time inside of jails and prisons. The National Park Service (NPS) believes in parks as platforms for dialogue, and Alcatraz Island, being one of the only NPS sites that interprets mass incarceration, works directly with people who have been affected in order to give them a platform to showcase their stories.

The events occur Saturdays throughout the summer, from 2-3 PM. See the specific dates below. Find out more about how to purchase your tickets to the island via Alcatraz City Cruises.

If you are a community leader working with the formerly incarcerated community and you would like to bring a group to an upcoming program in the series, please email NPS. If you have any accessibility needs such as ASL translation, please contact goga_accessibility@nps.gov at least 5 days in advance.

For more information on the Formerly Incarcerated Speaker Series, or other community outreach initiatives (including ranger-led programs), please contact alca_outreach@nps.gov.

Upcoming dates, 2-3 PM:

• May 10, 17, 24
• June 7 and 14
• July 12 and 19
• August 2, 9 and 16
• September 6 and 13