Roy Harper

Roy Harper has been incarcerated since 1981 for armed robbery. Originally from Arizona, the 57 year old author now speaks with a southern accent, the result of his long stint in a Mississippi prison. Harper gained nationwide notoriety for two highly publicized escapes from a maximum security prison and subsequent high speed car chases and police shoot-outs in 1983 and 2000. For the past fifteen years he has been campaigning in US courts to reduce brutality and injustice in American jails.

Roy Harper has been incarcerated since 1981 for armed robbery. Originally from Arizona, the 57 year old author now speaks with a southern accent, the result of his long stint in a Mississippi prison. Harper gained nationwide notoriety for two highly publicized escapes from a maximum security prison and subsequent high speed car chases and police shoot-outs in 1983 and 2000. For the past fifteen years he has been campaigning in US courts to reduce brutality and injustice in American jails. See less