Alexander has been based mostly in Kampala since 2007, but now divides his time between a number of countries, growing and establishing the charity he founded, APP (African Prisons Project). APP has worked with more than 20,000 prisoners in Uganda, Kenya and Sierra Leone and has been invited to begin work in a variety of other countries. Alexander is a law graduate (March 2009) and was called to the bar of England and Wales as a barrister in 2010. He is currently writing a PhD on issues relating to the death penalty.

Alexander has received several awards for his work. In addition, Alexander is a Hardwicke and Lord Mansfield Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn. He is the youngest Fellow of the Beacon Trust and a Magistrate on the Nottingham bench. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in October 2008. He was the first member of the University of Nottingham to be appointed an Alumni Laureate. 

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