Apr
08
2012
Four Year Old Burglars: The Historical Criminalization of Black Children
I’m hard at work today planning an upcoming exhibition about the history of black captivity/incarceration in the U.S. As part of my research for the exhibition, I came across this article (PDF) written by social reformer and social scientist Florence Kelley in 1914. She writes about the plight of a “4 year old burglar” in Memphis Juvenile Court. Read this if you want to better understand how disproportionate treatment for black children in the legal system is historical and endemic.
May 8, Gainer _______, 10 Tin Cup Alley, 4 1/2 burglary, larceny, prowling 2:50 a.m., police, probation to Sanderlin.
Uncategorized | prison culture | 08 April 2012 |
