Survivor-led Media • Production • Advocacy
Inside ofMentalInjustice
Founder & CEO
Harold Cunningham Jr.
I am Harold Cunningham Jr., a civic leader, legal advocate, and prison reform activist whose life story demonstrates the transformative power of faith, education, rehabilitation, and human connection. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., I spent over three decades incarcerated within some of the federal system's most violent and restrictive prisons, including ADX Florence, Lorton The Wall, and the D.C. Jail. More than twenty years of my incarceration were spent in solitary confinement, enduring prolonged isolation, force-feeding, and institutional violence. Despite these harrowing conditions, I successfully transformed my life through spiritual growth, dedicated writing, and group leadership, evolving into a widely respected voice for human rights behind bars.
Documentaries ✦
Podcasts ✦
Investigations ✦
Advocacy ✦
Reform ✦
Lived Experience ✦
Documentaries ✦
Podcasts ✦
Investigations ✦
Advocacy ✦
Reform ✦
Lived Experience ✦
The Mission Ahead · 2026–2029
Our goals for the next three years.
Bold, measurable targets we’re building toward — every film, investigation and policy win moves us closer.
Goal
12
Films Produced
Goal
3M+
Views
Goal
40+
Investigations
Goal
9
Policy Wins
The Manifesto
Three convictions that drive everything we make.
01
Lived experience is evidence.
We center those who survived solitary confinement and the justice system — because the truth of a system is written on the people it holds.
02
Stories move policy.
Every film, podcast and investigation is engineered to reach hearts and halls of power alike, turning testimony into reform.
03
We do not look away.
Uncompromising, evidence-driven journalism that documents institutional harm — and refuses to let it stay invisible.
Productions
The work that bears witness.
Films & Videos
Cinema with a conscience.
Gallery
Frames from the inside.
The Journal
Words that refuse silence.
Spotlight & Store
Books, films & partners.
Handpicked works and campaigns worth your time — from our founder, our partners, and our community.
Inside The Walls of Mental Injustice
More from the store
Book Video Trailor
Inside The walls of Mental Injustices
Harold Cunningham Jr.’s searing first-hand account of surviving decades in isolation — and the fight to reclaim his humanity.
About IMI
A movement forged from lived experience.
Inside of Mental Injustice is a survivor-led media organization amplifying the voices of those who endured the justice system and solitary confinement. We produce evidence-driven films, podcasts and investigations built to move hearts, change policy, and protect lives.
Our mission is to expose the human cost of solitary confinement and mass incarceration, to restore dignity to those the system tried to erase, and to turn lived experience into lasting reform. We tell the truth, we protect our storytellers, and we never look away.
Harold Cunningham
Founder & CEO
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