Selected Writings

“Guest Commentary: The Silent Treatment”

THE DAVIS VANGUARD | Feb 2023

“The Department of Corrections Couldn’t Stop This Lifer from Winning a Pulitzer Prize—It Tried”

SLATE  | Oct 2022

“My Wild and Winding Path to a College Degree Behind Bars”

THE MARSHALL PROJECT-LIFE INSIDE | Sept 2022

“Despite Declining Costs, Prison Phone Calls and Visits Still Remain Inaccessible”

By Jean Yi and Rahsaan Thomas

STANFORD REWIRED | July 2022

“I Organized My First Art Show from Behind Bars. Here’s How Incarcerated Curators Can Help Us See the World Differently “

ARTNET | April 2022

 Dreams of California issue - “The View From Prison”

STRANGER’S GUIDE  | Jan. 2022

“Press in Prison”

SCALAWAG | Dec 2021

“It’s Justice Time”

APOGEE JOURNAL - Inside Outside | Dec 2021

“California Can No Longer Afford to Ignore The History of Racism in the Courts”

By Amber-Rose Howard and Rahsaan Thomas

ACLU California Action: | Aug 2021

“A Prison Reckoning with Remorse” 

BOSTON GLOBE | Aug 2021

Brennan Center’s Punitive Excess series - “What Did You Call Me?”

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | June 2021

“Incarcerated People are telling their own stories. It’s about time.”

NBC UNIVERSAL ACADEMY | May 2021

“Barriers to Jailhouse Lawyering”

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES (UCLA Discourse) | May 2021

“A Question of Violence”

THE MARSHALL PROJECT NEWS INSIDE | April 2021

Abolition 1313: Rahsaan Thomas/Taking Accountability

COLUMBIA | Dec 2020

“I’m incarcerated at San Quentin prison for 55 years to life. I didn’t think things could get worse until COVID-19.

BUSINESS INSIDER | Aug 2020

“In Prison, It’s Hard to Tell if You’re Dying or Just Depressed”

VICE | Jan 2018)

“Prison is a Real-Life Example of the World White Supremacists Want” Charlotte Ville: Views from the cellblock.”

HUFFINGTON POST | Aug. 24, 2017

“Why I Run in Prison”

OUTSIDE MAGAZINE | April 2, 2017