After incarceration, after addiction, after years of being told when to wake up, where to stand, what to wear, when to speak, Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. resists the endless doomscrolling of pop culture.

“Coming home from prison made me realize that not only has pop culture changed while I was away, so has the pace of it. Everything moves so much faster now…

Prison taught me to live with very little, and release is teaching me to make careful choices when there is too much…

I know what it is to have time taken from me, so I am careful now about giving it away so cheaply.”

https://prismreports.org/2026/07/23/reentry-parole-social-media-smartphone/