Lyle C May is an Ohio University alum, member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society, and currently finishing his bachelors in specialized studies degree program in Criminal Justice Administration.

Lyle's latest work

Witness

In Witness, Lyle C. May offers a scathing critique of shifts in sentencing laws, prison policies that ensure recidivism, and classic "tough on crime" views that don't make society safer or prevent crime.

This amazing book was featured in the Innocence Project's list of the 11 best books of 2023!

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Lyle's Audio Newsletter Series

For the sixth audio newsletter, Lyle discusses the significance of having graduated in May while incarcerated and the difficulties of pursuing higher education within a holding facility

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LSAT Interrupted

Read Lyle's newest article from Prism about his first-hand experience being prevented from completing the Law School Admissions Test, and how North Carolina’s carceral system blocks rehabilitation and education for people on death row.

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The Transformative Journey of Higher Education in Prison

This volume follows Lyle C. May's revolutionary journey from deficient early education to his incarceration on North Carolina’s death row, where he was given the opportunity to pursue higher education.

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Listen to Lyle's new Audio Newsletter Series below:

Audio Newsletter #6

For the sixth audio newsletter, Lyle discusses the significance of having graduated in May while incarcerated and the difficulties of pursuing higher education within a holding facility.

Newsletter #6

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Lyle C. May 0580028
Central Prison
1300 Western Blvd.
Raleigh, NC. 27606.