Date Thesis Awarded
5-2020
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Interdisciplinary Studies
Advisor
Dr. Jackson Sasser
Committee Members
Dr. Christine Nemacheck
Dr. Adrienne Petty
Abstract
This thesis evaluates the long history of self-advocacy on the part of incarcerated men at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Pro se prisoners at Parchman take to the courts to improve their conditions of confinement, defend their constitutional rights, and secure their freedom. Writ writers at the prison face pervasive obstacles and restrictions in their efforts to help themselves and their fellow prisoners, but they persist nonetheless.
Recommended Citation
Gowell, Aleyah, ""The Most Eloquent Dissents:" Writ Writing at Parchman Penitentiary" (2020). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1545.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1545
