Tony Vick

Tony Vick has served almost three decades in prison, on a life with parole sentence in Tennessee. He was born in 1962 in Clarksville, Tennessee, into a home of Southern Baptist parents and an older brother, all of whom have died since his incarceration. Tony lived his life before prison as a closeted gay man, the secrets and lies led to his crimes. While in prison, Tony has worked as a tutor, newspaper editor, and clerk. He has begun book clubs, writing workshops and seminars, inmate-led elder care programs, and writes about the experience of captivity in hopes to add context to the current prison reform movement. His latest book is “Locked In And Locked Out (Tweets and Stories on Prison and the Effects of Confinement)” and you can follow him on Twitter @cellsecrets.