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Calvin Duncan is the founder and director of the Light of Justice program, which works to improve access to the courts for incarcerated individuals. A former jailhouse lawyer at Angola prison, his work has contributed to landmark US Supreme Court decisions, including Smith v. Cain (2012) and Ramos v. Louisiana (2020). Duncan holds a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School and resides in New Orleans, where he was recently elected Orleans Parish Criminal Clerk of Court.
Sophie Cull is a writer and criminal justice reform advocate based in New Orleans. Her collaborations include The Jailhouse Lawyer, a New York Public Library Best Book of 2025, coauthored with Calvin Duncan, and The Visiting Room Project, which formed the basis of an Emmy-nominated New York Times short documentary film. A native of Australia, she began her career assisting legal organizations defending individuals on Louisiana's death row.
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