Ahjamu Khalifah Baruti (aka Richard Lee Carter) Testimony

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Title
Ahjamu Khalifah Baruti (aka Richard Lee Carter) Testimony
Description
A letter documenting the author's experience facing systematic racism both in and out of different correctional facilities. As well as how prisons are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and safety measures that are being taken as well as lack thereof.
Creator
Baruti, Ahjamu K.
Subject
Incarceration
Testimony
Prison Conditions
Social Conditions
Mass Incarceration
Black Youth
Gangs
Freedom
Law Case
Violence
Stabbing
Technology
Solitary
Psychological Torture
Low Income
Class Status
Racism
Systematic Racism
Criminal Legal System
Murder
Assault
Firearms
Freedom
Administrative Segregation
Transformation
Redemption
Classroom
Reading
Studying
Maximum Security
Veteran Housing Unit
COVID-19
Pandemic
Spirituality
Slavery
Capitalism
Justice
Recidivism
University of Michigan
Education
Source
Letter from Ahjamu K. Baruti to the Carcel State Project, August 28, 2020
Language
English
Spatial Coverage
Saginaw Correctional Facility