Tariq Maqbool had just earned his associate degree from Thomas Edison State University, studying by correspondence from inside East Jersey State Prison. With his mother visiting from Texas, he asked to take part in the prison's graduation ceremony. His university sent him a gown. Prison staff fitted him in it. Then, on the day, he was told he couldn't wear it.
Tariq chose his prison khakis instead and was told that was his choice. A few hours later he was in handcuffs, charged with disobeying an order, and moved to Northern State Prison in Newark.
In this One Minute Remaining update, we hear from Tariq about what happened, explain what an asterisk charge is, and look at how New Jersey's in house disciplinary hearings, known as court line, really work. The charge was overturned. But how did it get this far?
Listen now to One Minute Remaining, and follow Tariq Maqbool's story as it unfolds.
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