Dion "Bantu" Dawson Testimony
Item
- Title
- Dion "Bantu" Dawson Testimony
- Description
- A letter describing the author's childhood consisting of a single-mother, poverty, and violent street life. As well as time spent among different correctional facilities in Michigan. References to abuse, both physical and sexual, from other inmates, facility staff, and wardens. Issues are mentioned with food quality, healthcare quality, and ability to communicate with visitors.
- Creator
- Dawson, Dion "Bantu" See all items with this value
- Date
- Undated See all items with this value
- Subject
- Single-Mother See all items with this value
- Housing Project See all items with this value
- Brothers See all items with this value
- Siste See all items with this value
- Incarcerated Father See all items with this value
- Violence See all items with this value
- Shooting See all items with this value
- Police See all items with this value
- Murder See all items with this value
- Court System See all items with this value
- No-Snitching Code See all items with this value
- Poverty See all items with this value
- Juvenile Detention See all items with this value
- Auto Theft See all items with this value
- High Speed Chase See all items with this value
- Criminal Justice System See all items with this value
- Justice See all items with this value
- Childhood Trauma See all items with this value
- Sexually Molested See all items with this value
- Black Pride See all items with this value
- Black Panthers See all items with this value
- Guns See all items with this value
- Weapons See all items with this value
- Agents of Justice See all items with this value
- Drug Dealing See all items with this value
- Street Life See all items with this value
- Heroin See all items with this value
- Crack See all items with this value
- Weed See all items with this value
- Robbing See all items with this value
- Drug Money See all items with this value
- Delinquent See all items with this value
- Death See all items with this value
- Incarceration See all items with this value
- Night School See all items with this value
- County Jail See all items with this value
- Sexual Predator See all items with this value
- Racist See all items with this value
- Possession See all items with this value
- Marijuana See all items with this value
- Illegal See all items with this value
- Overcrowded See all items with this value
- Transfer See all items with this value
- Gambling See all items with this value
- Food See all items with this value
- Vegan See all items with this value
- Source
- Letter from Dion "Bantu" Dawson to the Carceral State Project, September 27, 2020
- Language
- English
