“No one wakes up and says they want to be a gangbanger or a drug dealer- that's the last stop on the train. That what you do when you're drowning and reaching out for something- anything- to survive. By the time they get to the corner, there has been a series of things that led to that decision. No one wakes up at the top of the mountain and decides they would like it better down there on the bottom. They end up there out of desperation. We don't spend enough time examining the wider picture, the steps that get them there. We don't tell that part of the story. And to tell half the story is to spread a lie.” SurvivalPrisonJailDesperationIncarcerationCriminal Justice SystemBlack CommunityBlack YouthJuvenile Justice System Book:Scenes from My Life: A Memoir Source: Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
“Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love. I am proud to join the ACLU in the fight to make mass incarceration a thing of the past.” PeoplePastFightingJusticeProudMassCriminalsJustice SystemCriminal JusticeIncarcerationCriminal Justice SystemMass Incarceration Author:Michael K. Williams
“Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love.” PeopleJusticeCriminalsJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Michael K. Williams
