Lyle C. May is the author of Witness: An Insider’s Narrative of the Carceral State (Hay-market, 2024), The Transformative Journey of Higher Education in Prison: A Class of One (Routledge Academic Press, 2024), an incarcerated journalist, and an abolitionist. As such, he is often speaking out on, and educating the public about, the politics and policies of mass in-carceration. In 2025, he earned a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Sociology and Law from Adams State University. For more about his work, to contact Lyle, or book him for public speaking events, visit lylecmay.com.