mass incarceration

Lady Liberty

Lady Liberty must be sleep Or maybe she turned her back Lady Liberty must be sleep Or maybe she doesn’t care Lady Liberty must be sleep Or maybe she’s in…

Smile

By GD I was still a juvenile and convicted as a child Though sentenced as an adult But still I smile… I think about my reality and realize just how…

13

By GL 13 The number is 13 Amendment 13 I’m offended by 13 Co-defendant of 13 Convicted by 13 Let me hip you to 13… Mass incarceration Across the nation…

Me and Jim Crow

By PJ Twenty years in ADX.* I’m asked, a lot, one question: How long have you been here? First, let me tell you something I know: (Feared, is the unknown;)…

Sermon of the Slave

By KC I refuse to be grounded By the clock pounded Instead I will fly as one with time To be a legend and never die I am self, the…