Jeremiah Bourgeois

Jeremiah Bourgeois is a J.D. candidate at Gonzaga University School of Law and a former prisoner who writes extensively on the criminal punishment system.

Op-Ed

Prisons & Policing

Formerly Incarcerated People Should Be Compensated for Telling Their Stories

Expecting us to tell our incarceration stories to people who are paid to be there is yet another inequity we suffer.

By: Jeremiah Bourgeois ,; Truthout

May 17, 2020

Op-Ed

Prisons & Policing

The Criminal Legal System Punishes Youth for Not Thinking Like Adults

Handing life sentences to 18-year-olds shows the same callous disregard for life the juveniles are accused of.

By: Jeremiah Bourgeois ,; Truthout

September 1, 2019

Op-Ed

Prisons & Policing

Cry Freedom: A Lifer’s Lament

Still, I will survive. I will endure. I will keep trying to live with hope.

By: Jeremiah Bourgeois ,; Speakout

March 2, 2017

News Analysis

Prisons & Policing

The Brady Loophole: Absolving the Post-Trial Destruction of Potentially Exculpatory Evidence

When it comes to the criminal legal system, some situations are so unique there exists no means for judicial relief.

By: Jeremiah Bourgeois ,; Speakout

September 4, 2016

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