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: 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: 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 […]
To my friends and supporters. I hope you are well. I must admit that I have been a little stressed lately. I’ve been waiting to hear about my clemency petition from the governor. While I have not heard anything, some supporters from FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums) released an article of support for my effort. […]
PUBLICATION: HuffPo DATE: April 10, 2024 Through his personal experiences, Phillip describes how under-staffing in North Carolina prisons caused overcrowding in his institution, creating a hotbed of violence. Phillip writes, “Prison violence should concern everyone, because most incarcerated people reenter society.” His research further depicts a nationwide problem that numerous state officials struggle to solve.
PUBLICATION: Bolts DATE: July, 17, 2024 In 2000, Phillip was released from prison into homelessness, a condition that contributed to his recidivism. He writes to show how an executive order expanding reentry services for newly released people in his state could have helped him. The gravity of his piece is clear when he writes, “I […]