Lorton Correctional Complex: Inner Voices Performance

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Scope and Contents

The Inner Voices group from the Lorton Correctional Complex use music, dancing, and dramatic skits to present the drug scene based on the experiences of the men in the group. Performance is followed by a question and answer session where the inmates talk about their experiences using drugs.

Dramatic and music performance. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Transcribed from AV004343: Lorton "Inner Voices" Pertormance at Drug Exhibit on the mall. Undated.

Date

circa 1970s

Extent

2 Video recordings (open reel, 1/2 inch)

Type

Archival materials

Video recordings

Drama

Music

Dance

Topic

African Americans

Prisoners

African American prisoners

Drugs

Methadone maintenance

Heroin

Music

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Lorton (Va.)

Citation

Lorton Correctional Complex: Inner Voices Performance, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-053, Item ACMA AV004343

Local Numbers

ACMA AV000826