Michael Lacey
Prison Hope Reformer
Michael Lacey is a photographer, videographer, and social media content creator with over 800K TikTok followers. His social media rise began when he started posting videos about his experiences in prison. At 19 he was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to 60 years in prison. Here he became prisoner 951655 in the Indiana Department of Corrections for the next 21 years. During this time of imprisonment he received a bachelor's degree from Ball State University and became a beacon of light to the inmate population. He helped facilitate several educational programs, became an avid reader, and found various artistic outlets such as writing poetry and movies.
After 21 years he was released into a new digital world that did not exist when he left. Utilizing various skills he developed in prison, coupled with an appetite for learning, his journey began!