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
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