Phillip Vance Smith

PHILLIP VANCE SMITH II

LEAD ADVISOR - incarcerated writer

STAte

North Carolina

facility

Neuse Correctional in Goldsboro

website

phillipvancesmith2.com

substack

prisonlifeunlocked.substack.com

Philip bio

Phillip is a journalist, advocate, and prison reform organizer currently incarcerated in North Carolina. His work focuses on sentencing reform, legislative advocacy, and exposing the failures of carceral systems through journalism and personal essays. In 2020, Smith coauthored the Prison Resources Repurposing Act, legislation aimed at creating release opportunities for people serving life sentences in North Carolina.

Smith is a Smart Justice Fellow with the ACLU of North Carolina, a Stillwater Award-winning journalist, and a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. He is also the author of the poetry collection LIFE: Learning Instructions for Everyone...in prison & out and is currently working on a memoir exploring activism from inside prison.

articles

In North Carolina, a Shooting Victim Pleads for His Shooter’s Release After 30 Years

Bolts Magazine

What Is the Role of the Prison Journalist?

Inquest

E-mail:

You can contact Phillip through a third party at:
phillipvancesmith2@gmail.com
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E-message:

Phillip can also be contacted through e-messaging. To contact Phillip electronically, set up an e-messaging account with gettingout.com.

U.S. Mail

Phillip Smith #0643656
Neuse Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131

It may take Textbehind two or three weeks to forward your letter.Textbehind will also deliver electronic messages or PDFs for a fee. To contact Philip this way, create an account with Textbehind by using his name, prison number, and the prison where he is housed. He will receive your letter within 24 hours. INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS IN THE LETTER, because Textbehind will not forward your contact info.