My celebration for #Julyfourth will be skipped this year. heading straight to the excitement of reading & talking my new book SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME, Tues, July 7 in Cincinnati, my home town. Register below at fabulous Mercantile Library --fun reception 6pm & program starts 6:30pm

Fuc# Trump forever.

GOOD NEWS! YES. "Supreme Court Decision on Late-Arriving Ballots Grants Relief to 18 States: ballots to arrive after Election Day are LEGAL. "The decision is the latest in a series of setbacks" for Trump’s "efforts to regulate elections." Gift article from @nytimes.com .

NEW REPORT: Important new report from @impactjustice.org EATING BEHIND BARS (which won a James beard Award) and shows that the horrors of food in prison and that food in prison is a "fixable problem."

Read this article and then get my new book which explores the culture behind bars in a women's prison! Glad to help reais eissues that we must address and not pretend do not exist

Read this article and then get my new book which explores the culture behind bars in a women's prison! Glad to help reais eissues that we must address and not pretend do not exist

This will be interesting--to see how it plays out. RR doesn't embrace her progressive stance any more? I doubt that will change as the going gets rough. #criminallegalsystem @wbur.org

Another piece of good news in court rulings! Brava #Minnesota for stopping immigration enforcement probe.

This is the legal defense fund for the 15 anti-ICE organizers who were recently arrested in Minneapolis. Please contribute generously. They are going to have millions of dollars worth of needs. chuffed.org/project/1865...

Interesting article via @prisonjournalism.bsky.social -- "Nova, AI Asst4 Incarcerated People"=new tool designed4 prisoners #Missouri offers w/Securus a # for prisoners 2call & use their minutes. Includes "access2 Unlocked Labs’ coding education, virtual reality job training & numerous services"

Interesting article via @prisonjournalism.bsky.social -- "Nova, AI Asst4 Incarcerated People"=new tool designed4 prisoners #Missouri offers w/Securus a # for prisoners 2call & use their minutes. Includes "access2 Unlocked Labs’ coding education, virtual reality job training & numerous services"

#Ohio might do the right thing! END THE DEATH PENALTY

#Ohio might do the right thing! END THE DEATH PENALTY

Medical Parole, yes! " #Massachusetts has among the highest percentage of geriatric prisoners in the country. As of last August, about 1/4 of those in DOC custody were ages 55 or older, according to testimony presented last fall to the Legislature’s Public Safety Committee by @plsma.bsky.social."

Medical Parole, yes! " #Massachusetts has among the highest percentage of geriatric prisoners in the country. As of last August, about 1/4 of those in DOC custody were ages 55 or older, according to testimony presented last fall to the Legislature’s Public Safety Committee by @plsma.bsky.social."

#Cincinnati! I hope to see lots of friendly faces and new ones in my hometown at the wonderful Mercantile Library when I talk SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME on July 7. You can register below.

An interesting interview I did with the #Prison POD; interviews for people behind bars. Season 5 has 24. They offer podcasts and get them to folks prisonpod.org

An interesting interview I did with the #Prison POD; interviews for people behind bars. Season 5 has 24. They offer podcasts and get them to folks prisonpod.org

Please read and share my latest article from @binjdotnews.bsky.social. You won't read this in the mainstream media folks! "How A High-Stakes Showdown Ended In A Rare Governor’s Council NO Vote'"

Please read and share my latest article from @binjdotnews.bsky.social. You won't read this in the mainstream media folks! "How A High-Stakes Showdown Ended In A Rare Governor’s Council NO Vote'"

NEW: After Brian Peixoto’s 1997 murder conviction was thrown out due to new scientific evidence, a Fall River judge is considering whether to grant him bail while prosecutors appeal the ruling. #Massachusetts

A+ article on language that prisoners prefer by Ignacio H. Carrillo "In many prisons, 'convict' is a term of honor. A convict follows the convict code—keeps to themselves, doesn’t pander to correctional officers, & maintains a personal standard. That is what the word means to us." prisonwriters.com

Infuriating. STAND UP TO CBS AND LOSE YOUR JOB? Seems so. What a loss. "W/ journalist Anderson Cooper...leaving (CNN), Pelley’s departure leaves 60Minutes w/only three full-time correspondents... 59th season this fall: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker & L Jon Wertheim."

Multiple journalists have been assaulted, arrested or had their equipment damaged while reporting on ICE protests outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, since May 22.

Cool podcast on The Hustler Files WHMP w/Lisa Reilly. I talk SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME and all things #prison #survivors #Books 📚💙 #writingcommunity whmp.com/podcasts/the...

F_CK YES! Judge says Kennedy Center board violated law putting Trump’s name on building, orders it removed

Thanks so much to Chris Faarone and @binjreports.bsky.social Nonprofit Journalism for this clip! #SoundsLikeTroubleToMe #debutnovel #books www.facebook.com/share/r/1BNo...

Thanks so much to Chris Faarone and @binjreports.bsky.social Nonprofit Journalism for this clip! #SoundsLikeTroubleToMe #debutnovel #books www.facebook.com/share/r/1BNo...

Hope you'll take a look #books 📚💙 #writingcommunity at the virtual event of SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME with me and the amazing @staceyborden.bsky.social and Angie Jefferson from May 26, 2026 youtu.be/FDS5kr9-LGg

Hope you'll take a look #books 📚💙 #writingcommunity at the virtual event of SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME with me and the amazing @staceyborden.bsky.social and Angie Jefferson from May 26, 2026 youtu.be/FDS5kr9-LGg

TONIGHT! VIRTUAL EVENT 7pm #books💙📚 I am online at least 10 libraries w/ 2 fabulous impacted people in conversation with me @staceyborden.bsky.social and Angie Jefferson. 175 peeps registered so far but would love YOU to come too. Register below tewksburypl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...

Teriffic article @truthout.org by nicholas powers: "Is There a Future Without #Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One." "Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, & from that place, turn & look at our present." Proud my #book 📚💙 SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME mentioned here

Teriffic article @truthout.org by nicholas powers: "Is There a Future Without #Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One." "Prison abolitionist art creates a future to briefly live in, & from that place, turn & look at our present." Proud my #book 📚💙 SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME mentioned here

Last night, a very special event at More Than Words in conjunction with ROCA, inc, two incredible #Mass orgs than work to keep kids out of crime and support them with jobs.n A wonderful opening about how SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME touched the amazing Emperis. Two impacted panelsits, Jennifer and S

Take a listen to this wonderfully fun interview by the fabulous @carolineleavitt.bsky.social on @amightyblaze.bsky.social We talk SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME, writing, things that irk us and give us joy, all the girlfriending you could possibly want! #books📚💙 #writingcommunity #debutnovel

Take a listen to this wonderfully fun interview by the fabulous @carolineleavitt.bsky.social on @amightyblaze.bsky.social We talk SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME, writing, things that irk us and give us joy, all the girlfriending you could possibly want! #books📚💙 #writingcommunity #debutnovel

This Wednesday! #books💙📚 This event reflects both MTW’s & Roca Inc.'s commitment to creating space 4young people & community members 2engage w/complex issues, build understanding, & elevate voices too often left unheard. 📚 Books available through the MTW bookstore 🎟️ RSVP here: lnkd.in/e-99TXF2

This Wednesday! #books💙📚 This event reflects both MTW’s & Roca Inc.'s commitment to creating space 4young people & community members 2engage w/complex issues, build understanding, & elevate voices too often left unheard. 📚 Books available through the MTW bookstore 🎟️ RSVP here: lnkd.in/e-99TXF2

Last night the most amazing event @portersqbooks.bsky.social &still in awe at 40 people &the incredible Angie Jefferson. Will post upcoming events soon, but enjoying the joy. Meanwhile the fantastic @carolineleavitt.bsky.social interviewed me today @amightyblaze.bsky.social -will post link soon!

TODAY! #Massachusetts @portersqbooks.bsky.social I am so excited to share SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE Still time to register #booksky #writingcommunity

Hey #Booksky my debut novel out today. I would love you to read and review it #books 💙📚 #writingcommunity Thank you @novelsalive.com --women behind bars get short shrift. I appreciate your words.

5-STAR REVIEW🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟: SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME by Jean Trounstine @jeantrounstine.com 👉Written with empathy and keen perception, Sounds Like Trouble to Me takes readers behind the barbed wire to reveal a brave #MeToo movement fighting for... bit.ly/3Rfoys3 #bookreview #booksky

Wonderful news #booksky #books 💙📚 #writingcommunity "The court ordered the reinstatement of more than 1,400 NEH grants, representing more than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds, canceled en masse by DOGE between April 1–3, 2025." @publisherswkly.bsky.social

My book pub date is tomorrow! Such a joy to share my first novel w/the world. #Socialactivism & #writing go hand in hand. #MA Register NOW @portersqbooks.bsky.social event for my debut novel, 8th book. In conversation w/ Stacey Borden & Angelia Jefferson MAY 13, 7pm. #books📚 #writingcommunity

I always think about #Mother'sDay in prison and I wrote about it years ago here on my blog. Think of them today jeantrounstine.com/mothers-day-... More than 60% of women in state prisons are mothers and 80% of those in jails.

I always think about #Mother'sDay in prison and I wrote about it years ago here on my blog. Think of them today jeantrounstine.com/mothers-day-... More than 60% of women in state prisons are mothers and 80% of those in jails.

#Massachusetts MA Gov would rather have a vote postponed than suffer defeat. is that democracy? MA Gov Baker often pulled nominees rather than have a vote where his candidate lost before Gov. Council. @statehousenews.com by Katie Castellani Council adjourns without vote on Parole Board nominee"