Monte McCoin joined Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) in 2010 as a part-time proofreading and copy assistant in support of the print edition of Prison Legal News. She now serves as HRDC’s social media director, which includes social media management, e-newsletter editing and production, news gathering and journalism. She is a 2014 graduate of Volunteer State Community College with an A.S. in Criminal Justice, and is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Tennessee State University. Monte also participates in criminal justice reform advocacy work independently, including activist shareholder actions against Corrections Corporation of America (now known as CoreCivic) and as a co-administrator of the Prison Reform Movement Facebook group. She supports HRDC’s Nashville office.