In 1996, I took a man’s life and nearly paid for it with my own. I was a different person back then — a young man who carried a gun and wasn’t afraid to use it. One evening, I came home and saw my neighbor in a heated argument with his girlfriend. … [Read more...]
The New York Times: The Judge and Jury Agreed I Didn’t Kill Anyone. So Why Did I Just Serve 16 Years For Murder?
In 2003, Adnan Khan committed a robbery in which one of his accomplices unexpectedly killed their victim. The prosecutors, judge and jury all agreed Khan did not plan or commit the murder. Yet he was still sentenced as if he had — and given a life … [Read more...]
Mother Jones: 2,000 Leaked Photos Show the Cruelty of an Alabama Prison. Should They Be Published?
Prison University Project instructor Pete Brook and students Mesro Coles-El and Chan Lam share their perspectives on the ethics of prison photography in Mother Jones. A shirtless man is laying on a hospital cot as two gloved nurses tend to him. … [Read more...]
WitnessLA: Dispatch From San Quentin — Young, Earnest And Criminalized
Prison University Project student and Program Clerk James King examines the dilemma of a 20-year-old incarcerated man he calls Naz. I first met Nazhee Flowers when I was working as a teaching assistant for a college prep English class. Naz was … [Read more...]
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