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- Prison Legal News Contributing Writer
- Award Winning Author and Federal Prisoner
- Author of Education Behind Bars: A Win-Win Strategy for Maximum Security »» Impassioned Advocate for Prison Education
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- American Bar Association (including their Criminal Justice Section and Section on Litigation)
- American Correctional Association
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Correctional Education Association
- National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists
- National Association of Independent Writers and Editors
- National Lawyers Guild
- National Legal Aid & Defender Association (including their Appellate Defender Section)
- National Writers Union
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- PEN American Center
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Southern Poverty Law Center
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