Lyle C. May

Lyle C. May is an incarcerated journalist, and author of Witness: An Insider's Narrative of the Carceral State (Haymarket, 2024), and The Transformative Journey of Higher Education in Prison: A Class of One (Routledge Academic, 2024). LyleCMay.com

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Is sentencing your neighbors to death ‘the will of the people’? 

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Is sentencing your neighbors to death ‘the will of the people’? 

Carceral imperialism, Project 2025, and the enemy of progress

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Carceral imperialism, Project 2025, and the enemy of progress

People on death row are just as susceptible to election misinformation

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A hand places a ballot in a box

Breaking In: The challenges of making it in the publishing industry from prison

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Incarcerated man on the courtyard reading book

The psychological torment and unconstitutionality of the state’s intent to kill

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color photograph of an outdoor protest at night against the death penalty