Wesley is a formerly incarcerated writer whose nonfiction has appeared in the Appeal, Bolts, Inquest, Investigate West, Next City, Prism, Shelterforce, Truthout, and with Vera Institute of Justice. He lives with his partner in Portland, Oregon, where he is finishing a book tentatively titled, It Never Entered My Mind: Workin’ with a Felony Conviction.
It’s been 18 months since the rollback of Measure 110, Oregon’s landmark bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of…