Conversation with Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Scope and Contents
- Formerly incarcerated individuals discussed the effect of penal institutions on their lives; rehabilitation; work and educational opportunities and assignments; description of maximum security versus minimum security; black youth in prison; length of prison sentences; public court system and court appointed lawyers; racism within the criminal justice system and penitentiaries; homosexuality in penal institutions; and training opportunities within prison which lead to skills to gain employment when released from prison. Much of the conversation revolves around Lorton Reformatory/Lorton Correctional Complex and Occoquan Workhouse; Federal Correctional Complex in Petersburg also mentioned. John Kinard asked a question to the individuals toward the end of the recording.
- Discussion. Audio only. Very poor audio quality. Transcribed from physical asset: Rap Session on Lorton by Male Anacostia Resident. Undated.
- Date
- circa 1980
- Extent
- 1 Sound recording (audio cassette)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Sound recordings
- Topic
- African Americans
- Prisons
- Reformatories
- Prisoners
- African American prisoners
- Rehabilitation
- Racism
- Place
- Lorton (Va.)
- Virginia
- Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Citation
- Conversation with Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.03-053, Item ACMA AV001350_A
- Local Numbers
- ACMA AV001350_B
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- Date
- 1970-10 - 1970-11