LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Tommy Redd has never served a prison sentence, but he has seen the effect of prison sentences on inmates through their art and writings.

The inmates “are starving for a way to voice their opinions.”

He’s giving them that chance.

He’s CEO of Unboxed, a magazine of collected life stories expressed through art, letters, poems and writings sent from prisons.

Redd works at the Food Bank of Lincoln as a distribution center assistant, and he puts out the magazine on his own time. The first issue of 1,500 copies came out in June 2014 and was sent to more than 1,100 penal institutions.