No Throwaway Boy
No Throwaway Boy recounts the raw, remarkable journey of a young man who survives discrimination and extreme violence in prison to become a lawyer fighting for the justice of all.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
To look at him now, you might never guess the hell that Abdul Lloyd-Bey was forced to endure as a young man.
As a boy he thought death row was his likeliest future because of where he lived and the color of his skin. Arrested for armed robbery at the age of seventeen, he served nearly thirteen years for his first offense while his white codefendant, a repeat violent offender, got off with just five. While serving his time within New York’s most dangerous prisons, Lloyd-Bey survived three near-fatal attacks—one involving an ice pick that left him temporarily paralyzed.
As a boy he thought death row was his likeliest future because of where he lived and the color of his skin. Arrested for armed robbery at the age of seventeen, he served nearly thirteen years for his first offense while his white codefendant, a repeat violent offender, got off with just five. While serving his time within New York’s most dangerous prisons, Lloyd-Bey survived three near-fatal attacks—one involving an ice pick that left him temporarily paralyzed.
But though violence and discrimination have greatly impacted Lloyd-Bey’s story, they aren’t the final authority on his life. A victim of abused power, he chose to change the criminal justice system by learning how to ensure justice for all. And now, as a criminal defense attorney, he shares his personal insights and experiences from both sides of the bench in the hope of further transforming how we, as a nation, prosecute crime.
No Throwaway Boy is a triumphant story you will never forget.
BACK COVER TEXT
- Arrested for armed robbery at seventeen
- Sentenced to nearly thirteen years in prison
- Incarcerated in New York’s most dangerous jails
- Stabbed in the spine with an ice pick by another inmate and left untreated by prison officials for over twelve hours
No Throwaway Boy is the eye-opening autobiography of a young man who not only overcame his own mistakes and the failings of the criminal justice system, but also survived several brutal attacks and months of solitary confinement. The man who emerged now holds more than academic degrees; he’s also learned the invaluable lesson that when the world doesn’t recognize your worth—you must believe in yourself.
First-time author Abdul Lloyd-Bey is an African American attorney, an adjunct professor of criminal justice at CUNY, and the proud father of two wonderful children. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
First-time author Abdul Lloyd-Bey is an African American attorney, an adjunct professor of criminal justice at CUNY, and the proud father of two wonderful children. Prior to attending law school, he worked with thousands of New York City public school students, serving as both the director of Medgar Evers College’s youth services program, which provides tutoring and college prep, and the director of the National Youth Sports Program.
But when Lloyd-Bey was seventeen, none of these achievements seemed remotely possible. Arrested for armed robbery, he would first have to endure nearly thirteen years in prison—surviving the discrimination of the criminal justice system and multiple near-fatal attacks from other convicts.
Now Lloyd-Bey candidly shares his incredible life story in No Throwaway Boy.
