injustice

Asst. Editor2020-02-28T15:04:44-05:00My Crime|

He Says He’s Innocent. Do You Believe Him?

Let's be clear RIGHT from the start, I am an innocent man. Like 110% innocent. I know, everyone in prison says they are innocent, they say it so often and persistently that it holds no meaning, and if you really are innocent, no one believes you.

By Dylan Jeffrey

Asst. Editor2020-01-27T23:51:40-05:00My Crime, Violence & Corruption|

Police Brutality — And Then This?

[see: Photo 1] By Ty Evans THE JURORS GASPED when they saw the photo. I was on the witness stand in federal court when my attorney entered the photo as an exhibit, and even I had never seen my arrest [...]

By Ty Evans

Asst. Editor2020-01-28T00:18:13-05:00Hope & Change|

I Work in the Prison Law Library To Help Free My Fellow Inmates

“You've got a thousand men in the water and maybe three life preservers. You better be okay with watching men drown. ” - Melvin Tunstall, when I took a job in the prison law library.

By Ty Evans

Prison Writers Staff2020-01-17T01:03:15-05:00Reform & Reentry|

Book Review: Crook County: Racism and Injustice in Americas Largest Criminal Court

A decade ago Steve Bogira’s Courtroom 302 gave us a glimpse of the corrupt culture of the Circuit Court of Cook County’s courthouse at 26th and California in Chicago. Now a new book, Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court....