Lecturer, Capital Defense Consultant, Author
About Wilbert
Journalist & Editor
Capital Defense Consultant
Journalist & Editor
Wilbert has been writing about the American criminal justice system and the prison system for four decades and has won numerous major awards for his work, including a George Polk Award for an investigation into prison rape and enslavement, Robert F. Kennedy Award for covering the plight of the disadvantaged, and the first American Bar Ass
Wilbert has been writing about the American criminal justice system and the prison system for four decades and has won numerous major awards for his work, including a George Polk Award for an investigation into prison rape and enslavement, Robert F. Kennedy Award for covering the plight of the disadvantaged, and the first American Bar Association Silver Gavel ever awarded to a prisoner, for exposing longterm inmates lost in the prison system. While in prison he co-edited two anthologies, one still in use today in criminal justice courses in Louisiana.
Author
Capital Defense Consultant
Journalist & Editor
After his release from prison in 2005, Wilbert penned a memoir, In the Place of Justice. It chronicles his personal transformation during his four decades in Angola and the evolution of the prison during that time from the nation's bloodiest to one of the safest. Now, he writes on subjects as diverse as the death penalty, solitary confin
After his release from prison in 2005, Wilbert penned a memoir, In the Place of Justice. It chronicles his personal transformation during his four decades in Angola and the evolution of the prison during that time from the nation's bloodiest to one of the safest. Now, he writes on subjects as diverse as the death penalty, solitary confinement, censorship, race in the South, Civil Rights figures, and faith.
Lecturer
Capital Defense Consultant
Capital Defense Consultant
Wilbert has lectured at universities, legal seminars, national and international conferences, and at meetings of organizations that advocate for the reform of the criminal justice system and against the death penalty.
Capital Defense Consultant
Capital Defense Consultant
Capital Defense Consultant
Wilbert has been a consultant to both federal and state capital defense teams on dozens of cases around the country. He has an excellent track record of helping attorneys resolve their problems with uncooperative defendants.