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In 2019, the 501 (c) (3) non-profit Compassion Prison Project was born. In February of 2020, Fritzi, 23 Crew Members, including Academy-Award nominated Director of Photography Rodrigo Prieto, Producer Monica Chiapa, producers Vivianne Nacif and Ted Kamp entered California State Prison – Los Angeles County in Lancaster (CSP-LAC).
He was put in a youth detention center soon after and first arrested as an adult at 18. He said he was now serving four life sentences for charges including home invasion, kidnapping, and murder. Horstman’s program “helps you to find yourself, as well as teach[es] you to love yourself and others,” he wrote to her.
Feb 26, 2024 · In 2020, Fritzi directed Step Inside the Circle at California State Prison – Los Angeles County with 235 incarcerated men. The video has reached nearly 3.5 million views worldwide and has attracted over 900 volunteers to CPP.
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The Compassion Prison Project began as the brainchild of award-winning producer Fritzi Horstman, whose own childhood trauma helped shape its conception. Over the course of several months in 2019-2020, Fritzi and a dedicated team of facilitators and volunteers partnered with incarcerated men at Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP), a maximum-security ...
Unaddressed childhood trauma changes how we respond to the world and when triggered, we make choices that sometimes have devastating consequences including domestic violence, addiction, murder and prison. I, too, would have been incarcerated had I not had the privilege and support system I lucked into.
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Apr 29, 2020 · In this episode, I interview Fritzi Horstman, the founder and executive director of the Compassion Prison Project. In 2017, Fritzi won a Grammy Award working alongside Dr. Dre in The Defiant One, a 4-part documentary series. She has worked with many of the top names in the industry such as Richar...
