The new Netflix film explores why Brown Long was put in prison for killing her abuser, and why it took so long for her release.CyntoiaBrown
nearly 15 years into her sentence, with 10 years of probation. Brown Long was released in August of 2019 and has been free since.
Since being released from prison, Brown Long has gone on to write a coming-of-age memoir about her experiences,. The memoir largely features writing that Brown Long put together while she was incarcerated and showcases the experience of a young person being brought up in the American prison system for over a decade. The now-32-year-old says she is committed to exposing the injustices present in the current justice system in America, and what prison is truly like.
Brown Long, who married musician Jaime Long while she was still incarcerated, has worked with her husband as following her clemency. In 2020, she was a nominee for the NCAAP Literary Image Award and was featured as a guest writer inEven years later, Brown Long continue speaking out about violence she’s experienced in hopes that her story can ultimately change prisons and the way judges handle cases like hers. “I was just a teenager when I was sent to live behind a razor wire fence.
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