# Quentin Lewis: Jailhouse Lawyer, Poet, Fighting His Wrongful Conviction [Part 4]

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Podcast: [Pursuing Justice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pursuing-justice-6693212)
Published: 2026-07-02T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Quentin Lewis has been incarcerated since he was 16. He's now 45 and an inmate at Wende Correctional Facility in upstate NY. He earned his G.E.D. and an Associates Degree in prison. He's been fighting a wrongful conviction since 2001. Students at Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva are assisting with his case. Quentin is certified as law clerk in the prison system. Read his article in the New York Times here. Read Quentin's poem below. Jailhouse Lawyer, by Quentin Lewis You not a Jailhouse Lawyer Unless you won a case Stop sitting on the sideline Looking out of place You sitting down at Chowtime Looking at your plate Like wait How I'm gone get out From behind this gate Go escape in the law library Lifting weights Damn straight This time is scary As your fate No date upstate The cell your sanctuary Like a braincell Where your energy is carried The law legalise In my memory is buried Due process Came way before slavery Maybe you need to learn Johnson verse Avery Supreme Court said Jailhouse Lawyers amazing Filing torts Trying to get back to the pavement A better person More than before I was caged in Trailblazing Champion of human rights Hell raising The right to counsel never dies After direct appeal You still alive Strategize like a chess game Be a knight Bounds versus Smith Is your right to fight life Late night on the West law legal cite Hype as a typist type Defending rights Wrongfully convicted Feel like double jeopardy twice. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the Innocence Project of Florida. Visit www.floridainnocence.org for more information.

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