Phillip Vance Smith II
Contributor
Phillip Vance Smith, II is serving life without parole in North Carolina. He advocates for criminal sentencing reform through journalism and legislation. He is currently working toward publishing a memoir about the difficulties of activism from behind the wall. His writing has been published in HuffPost, Slate, and The NC Law Review, among many others. Read his personal essays describing the esoteric side of incarceration on his free Substack page: Prison Life Unlocked.
