We’re delighted to share the work of our friend Phillip Alvin Jones, a talented writer, speaker, and advocate. In this post, you’ll find links to his website, podcasts, and books—offering powerful insights from inside the walls. Don’t miss the chance to explore his work and support his voice!

We are delighted to share Phillip A. Jones, Jr. is the founder and CEO of Phillip A. Jones Consulting LLC, providing a wide range of services to government agencies, educational institutions, and advocacy organizations to bring meaningful and sustainable changes to the carceral system through substantive policy change, focused curricula, and public speaking engagements and events. Mr. Jones is also the founder of Inside-Outside Consults, a comprehensive and full-service nonprofit organization supporting and teaching justice-impacted men and women how to successfully reintegrate into mainstream society. Mr. Jones hosts a podcast called The Wall: Behind and Beyond, talking to guests about topics ranging from mental health support to reentry services. In short, Mr. Jones is a justice-impacted individual who has used his time behind bars to not only change the trajectory of his own life but to help countless other incarcerated men and women as well as their families. Mr. Jones has just published his second book, From Risk 2 Resilience, which is a gang prevention manual for adolescents. This critical work complements his education curriculum, Exit 2 Excellence Workbook, and follows his first book of the same name. This comprehensive workbook teaches about the reentry process from start to finish, with crucial resources, activities and support. Both books can be purchased on Amazon.

Mr. Jones was born and raised on the harsh streets of southwest Baltimore and was unavoidably both the product of his environment, as well as collateral damage in the brutal world of gangs and poverty. At the age of only 19, Mr. Jones got into an altercation over drugs. As a result, he ended up shooting another young man, who thankfully survived his injuries. For these offenses, Mr. Jones was arrested, tried, and sentenced to two concurrent life sentences plus an additional 20 years. He has spent more than three decades behind bars and, despite the statistics and predictions, Mr. Jones has reinvented himself into a hardworking and dedicated advocate of change. Mr. Jones firmly believes that education is the key to growth and has built educational programs and modules to teach what he has learned both through the process of earning various degrees, as well from the demoralizing experiences to which he has been subjected during his incarceration. Mr. Jones uses his knowledge and experience to educate justice[1]impacted individuals, and his expertise to effect meaningful changes within the justice system.

Phillip A. Jones Consulting, LLC
Phone: (509) 218-2167
Email: phillip@pajconsultingllc.com
Website: www.pajconsultingllc.com

Inside-Outside Consults
Phone: (509) 218-2167
Email: insideoutsideconsultsinc@gmail.com
Website: www.insideoutsideconsults.org

Podcast: The Wall: Behind and Beyond (YouTube Channel)
Merchandise: www.behindthewall.org