Tony Vick

    Tony has served almost three decades of a life with parole sentence in Tennessee. He is the author of two books, Secrets From a Prison Cell (Cascade Books, 2018) and Locked In and Locked Out (Resource Publications, 2023). His writing has been published at Solitary Watch, the Progressive, Truthout, Shado and in multiple books and anthologies, the most recent of which is Storms of the Inland Sea (Shanti Arts, 2022). You can reach him by USPS.

    Tony Vick #276187
    South Central Correctional Facility
    PO Box 279
    Clifton, TN 38425-0279

    For Wrongful Convictions, Tennessee Slowly Builds a Pathway Out of Prison

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    In Tennessee, a Dwindling Group of People Can Vote While Still in Prison

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    “No Real Security”: TN Prison Tablet Rollout Cut Short as ViaPath Flees

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    The Case for the Prison Miniyard

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    At CoreCivic Prisons, Re-Entry Staff Are Told to Do Less

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    Gang-Run Prisons Compound Trauma. We Know How to Reduce It.

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    Waiting for Tennessee to Reform Its Felony Murder Rule

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