Through the Jailhouse Lawyer Initiative, Jhody Polk Is Building Legal Empowerment for Women in Jails and Prisons from the Inside Out
The Jailhouse Lawyer Initiative was founded by Jhody Polk, a formerly incarcerated jailhouse lawyer from Florida. JLI invests in incarcerated justice advocates as a core strategy in ending the cycle of incarceration.
After I completed my answers, the exam paper was sent to the Department of Corrections where it was graded. To pass, I needed a grade of 70. I completed the training in 10 months and became a licensed Law Clerk, an unpaid position at Gadsden. In addition to working with the women, we were the only people, other than prison staff, who interacted with youthful offenders, incarcerated kids who were sometimes 14 or 15 years old.
When I spoke to these women, they often told me that I was the first person to listen to them. In some cases, that’s all I could do. I helped women process their sentences and grieve what had happened while always looking for grounds for appeal.The women I met in prison wanted to help each other. When I learned that the sentence I was given was fair because of the crimes I had committed, I became mentally and emotionally free.
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