PUBLICATION: Bolts magazine DATE: 4/15/2025 After the state’s previous governor granted clemency to people sentenced to life in prison as minors, others with juvenile life sentences are hoping the new administration also believes in second chances. Read at Bolts …
PUBLICATION: The Indy (Brown University) DATE: 3/21/25 It is rare for someone to want to write about me, or my experiences, but when it happens, it gives me a bird’s eye view into how others see me. About a month ago, a young man named Luca Suarez emailed me about doing a story on how […]
PUBLICATION: NC Newsline DATE: 1/23/2025 Phillip reflects on the denial of his clemency request by North Carolina’s outgoing Governor Roy Cooper. He calls this guest column in NC Newsline “the most personal piece I’ve written. I actually battled with publishing it.” Read at NC Newsline …
PUBLICATION: CON_VENT Podcast DATE: 1/12/25 Phillip joins the CON_VENT Podcast to discuss everything from how prisoners in North Carolina are sentenced to how public misunderstandings about tough-on-crime laws lead to recidivism, and ultimately, a worse society. CON_VENT is an unedited podcast recorded on a prison tablet from the inside of a prison. Listen on Spotify
PUBLICATION: Bolts magazine DATE: Jan. 9, 2025 Phillip’s latest article, out now in Bolts magazine, is an examination of North Carolina’s medical release laws. Because James Davis is serving time for second-degree murder, his stage four cancer diagnosis isn’t enough to make him eligible for medical release from North Carolina prisons, despite recent changes to […]
Phillip was awarded the 2024 Victor Hassine Memorial Scholarship, given annually to students who use creative works to educate the public on the pressing issues affecting the criminal justice system and the greater society. Read more …