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A Beautiful Night With Beautiful People: How My Words Reached My Daughter Beyond Prison Walls
A Beautiful Night With Beautiful People: How My Words Reached My Daughter Beyond Prison Walls
Sometimes the most beautiful father-daughter moments happen in ways you never imagined. Who would've thought I'd be sitting behind prison walls while my baby cakes was out here rubbing elbows... Read more...
From 20 Years Behind Bars to The Prison Mirror Spotlight: Recognized for More Than My Past
From 20 Years Behind Bars to The Prison Mirror Spotlight: Recognized for More Than My Past
Award-winning author. Mentor. Positive contributor. And now, featured in one of the most historic prison newspapers in America. I never imagined that after spending 20 years incarcerated, I'd be sitting... Read more...
Flowers for Bray: My Love as an Incarcerated Father Is Reaching Beyond These Walls
Flowers for Bray: My Love as an Incarcerated Father Is Reaching Beyond These Walls
I wrote about my daughter because I love her. Because I worry about her. Because sometimes being her daddy from inside a prison leaves me with more feelings than I... Read more...
More Sponsored Books, More Voices Heard: It Just Works Reaches Minnesota Lawmakers and Community Leaders
More Sponsored Books, More Voices Heard: It Just Works Reaches Minnesota Lawmakers and Community Leaders
Two more books. Two more opportunities to influence conversations about criminal justice reform, rehabilitation, and second chances. Crookd Crown Publishing is proud to announce that two additional sponsored copies of... Read more...
Beyond the Conviction: Brandon D. Cox Discusses Rehabilitation With DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell
Beyond the Conviction: Brandon D. Cox Discusses Rehabilitation With DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell
Real conversations. Real growth. Real change. What does meaningful prison rehabilitation look like? Sometimes, it begins with a conversation. At the 1st Annual Cuts 4 Vets event at Minnesota Correctional... Read more...
Who Would've Thought? From Writing Behind Prison Walls to Sharing It Just Works With Minnesota State Senator Karin Housley
Who Would've Thought? From Writing Behind Prison Walls to Sharing It Just Works With Minnesota State Senator Karin Housley
Sometimes the most meaningful opportunities come from places you least expect. Who would've thought that a book written from inside a Minnesota prison would lead to sitting on a couch... Read more...
It Just Works Featured on KARE 11: Giving a Voice to the Men Behind the Walls
It Just Works Featured on KARE 11: Giving a Voice to the Men Behind the Walls
Two incarcerated authors. One extraordinary community. A book bringing stories of accountability, rehabilitation, and personal transformation beyond prison walls. On October 7, 2026, an important moment in the journey of... Read more...
Finding Purpose Behind the Walls: How Prison Changed What I Want My Life to Give Back
Finding Purpose Behind the Walls: How Prison Changed What I Want My Life to Give Back
I would never tell someone they need prison to find purpose. There are consequences, losses, and years that cannot be returned. There are people who have been hurt, relationships affected,... Read more...
Three Books. One Journey. A Purpose Bigger Than the Author.
Three Books. One Journey. A Purpose Bigger Than the Author.
The story of Brandon D. Cox, Crookd Crown Publishing, and how three books became a bridge beyond the walls. Every book begins somewhere. Sometimes with an idea. Sometimes with a... Read more...
Beyond the Walls: How Crookd Crown Publishing Is Turning Lived Experience Into Purpose, Programs and Community Impact
Beyond the Walls: How Crookd Crown Publishing Is Turning Lived Experience Into Purpose, Programs and Community Impact
Sometimes purpose is born in the places where opportunity seems least likely to exist. For Crookd Crown Publishing, books are only part of the story. What began as a way... Read more...
Your Circumstances Are Not Your Identity
Your Circumstances Are Not Your Identity
“Your circumstances may explain where you are. They do not have to determine who you become.” Life doesn't always give us the beginning we would have chosen. Sometimes our circumstances... Read more...
The Most Important Names Aren’t on the Cover
The Most Important Names Aren’t on the Cover
How two incarcerated authors are using It Just Works to carry the voices of an entire community beyond prison walls. Our names are printed on the cover of It Just... Read more...
Beyond the Walls: A Milestone for It Just Works, Rehabilitation, and Community Leadership
Beyond the Walls: A Milestone for It Just Works, Rehabilitation, and Community Leadership
Crookd Crown Publishing authors Brandon D. Cox and Jermaine F. Ferguson share a meaningful moment with Minnesota DOC leadership during the first Cuts for Vets event at MCF-Stillwater. Some milestones... Read more...
When Voices Reach Beyond the Walls: It Just Works Joins a Minnesota Conversation on Justice and Change
When Voices Reach Beyond the Walls: It Just Works Joins a Minnesota Conversation on Justice and Change
Sometimes a voice can reach places its speaker cannot physically go. On September 24, It Just Works authors Brandon D. Cox and Jermaine F. Ferguson have been invited to speak... Read more...
Beyond the Walls: It Just Works and the Earned Living Unit Story Are Heading to KARE 11
Beyond the Walls: It Just Works and the Earned Living Unit Story Are Heading to KARE 11
Sometimes recognition means more because of what is being recognized. On September 22, It Just Works authors Brandon D. Cox and Jermaine F. Ferguson will have the opportunity to sit down... Read more...
Three Books. One Bigger Purpose: Crookd Crown Publishing Invests in the Future of Our Youth
Three Books. One Bigger Purpose: Crookd Crown Publishing Invests in the Future of Our Youth
At Crookd Crown Publishing, we have always believed that success means more when it creates opportunities for someone else. Today, we're taking that belief even further. All proceeds from Hustle... Read more...
Justice for Us: How a Book Born Inside Prison Is Helping Build Stronger Communities Outside
Justice for Us: How a Book Born Inside Prison Is Helping Build Stronger Communities Outside
On Saturday, August 8, Crookd Crown Publishing will proudly participate in the Justice for Us 5-on-5 Youth Basketball Event—an event that represents something much bigger than basketball. This isn't simply a... Read more...
From a Prison Cell to a Publishing Company: How Crookd Crown Publishing Is Redefining What a Second Chance Looks Like
From a Prison Cell to a Publishing Company: How Crookd Crown Publishing Is Redefining What a Second Chance Looks Like
From a Prison Cell to a Publishing Company Most people think prison is where dreams end. For us, it became the place where purpose began. Crookd Crown Publishing wasn't created... Read more...
Good Mourning: A Song About Redemption, Growth, and the People Who Refused to Give Up
Good Mourning: A Song About Redemption, Growth, and the People Who Refused to Give Up
  Today is more than a music release. It's a milestone. With the release of "Good Mourning" by King B, we're celebrating more than a new record—we're celebrating transformation, accountability,... Read more...
RESET™: Building Stronger Men from the Inside Out
RESET™: Building Stronger Men from the Inside Out
At Crookd Crown Publishing, we've always believed that stories have the power to change lives. Today, we're excited to share the next chapter in that mission. I'm proud to introduce... Read more...
Today marks another milestone for Crookd Crown Publishing.
Today marks another milestone for Crookd Crown Publishing.
What started with a vision to publish powerful books has grown into something even bigger. We set out to tell stories that matter. Stories of resilience. Redemption. Entrepreneurship. Second chances.... Read more...
From Prison Walls to Publishing Power: Why Crookd Crown Publishing Means More Than Books
From Prison Walls to Publishing Power: Why Crookd Crown Publishing Means More Than Books
There are moments in life when you stop and really take in how far you’ve come. For me, this is one of those moments. As the founder of Crookd Crown... Read more...