Emmett Tatter

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I was counted 15,523 times in Florida’s prisons—and that’s not including the recounts. Five times a day, I was reminded I wasn’t a person—I was inventory. This is what happened between those counts. Author of COUNT TIME. Yoga teacher. Truth-teller.

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About Emmett Tatter

I was counted 15,523 times in Florida’s prisons—and that’s not including the recounts. Five times a day, I was reminded I wasn’t a person—I was inventory. This is what happened between those counts. Author of COUNT TIME. Yoga teacher. Truth-teller.

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