Board Member

Robert Barton

Robert grew up in southeast DC and was incarcerated at the age of 16. He was sentenced to 30 years to life, but used that time to read voraciously; earn an associate degree in business administration; and—when he returned to the D.C. jail for nearly two years in a petition for early release —become both a mentor for the Young Men Emerging initiative and a participant in the Georgetown Prison Scholars program. In 2020, Rob co-founded More Than Our Crimes, which advocates for DC residents in federal prison, and amplifies their voice when they return home. He was released in February 2025. Today, Robert directs More Than Our Crimes full-time.