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On Wednesday night, the Carcer-
al State Project hosted a roundtable
discussion in Hatcher Graduate Li-
brary to discuss how incarceration
affects various communities and
how to repair the resulting damage.
Established in 2016 by Professor
Heather Ann Thompson and the
Department of Afroamerican and
African Studies, the Carceral State
Project brings together members of
the community to research and dis-
cuss mass incarceration in the Unit-
ed States. The event drew about 100
attendees and is the fifth event in
their symposium series.
Ashley Lucas, member of the
CSP Steering Committee and asso-
ciate professor of Theatre & Drama
at the Residential College, hosted
the event. She explained why she
believes the work of her organiza-
tion, and that of the featured panel-
ists, is so important in today’s politi-
cal climate.
“We are living in a moment of
extraordinary crisis,” Lucas said.
“With the highest incarceration
rates in the world’s history, this is a
time that I believe we will look back
on with the sorrow and shame with
which we now view slavery.”
The first question presented to
the panel was about their personal
experiences with the carceral state
and how those experiences affected
their lives.
Natalie Holbrook, program di-
rector of the Michigan Criminal
Justice Program, was the first pan-
elist to talk. She explained how the
carceral state affects everyone —
both people who have relationships
with inmates and those who have
no direct connection to the criminal
justice system.
Holbrook specifically discussed
the connection a prison can have
with the place it is located.
“I think that we don’t realize
how much prisons become parts of
whole communities where every-
body knows somebody who works
at the prison,” Holbrook said. “It
goes unrecognized, but it is totally
part of the landscape.”
Kathie Gourlay, whose son has
previously been incarcerated, ex-
plained the effect his incarceration
had on her and her family. Gourlay
also discussed her belief families
should be taken into account by
the justice system. While her son
was being tried, her family wrote
letters to explain how his absence
could affect them, but the judge
said they couldn’t be considered
in the case.
Gourlay also explained the
challenges of communicating with
her son while he was in prison be-
cause of the barriers the carceral
state had imposed.
“Once you’re in prison they
don’t care about the family,” she
said. “The only time they’ll tell you
anything is if your family member
is almost dead.”
Melnee McPherson, who re-
ceived a PhD in sociology from
the University, spoke about her
experience taking care of her
brother’s children while he was
incarcerated and the struggles she
encountered.
“Every three or four weeks
the social workers flipped over,”
McPherson said. “The system is
really screwed up. The system that
is supposed to be helping young
people especially — it doesn’t
work.”
The last panelist to speak was
Aaron Suganuma, who served
four and a half years in prison and
now works as a substance abuse
counselor and the executive direc-
tor of A Brighter Way, a non-profit
organization that provides assis-
tance to individuals transition back
into society.
Suganuma explained the obsta-
cles he faced as a felon, especially
when trying to secure housing. Su-
ganuma said McKinley, one of the
largest landlords in the area, will
not rent to felons, and other land-
lords use McKinley’s standards.
Suganuma also discussed how
his previous incarceration affected
his choices when applying to col-
leges.
“I ended up not going to school
here and not going to school at
Wayne
State
University,
even
though I was accepted, because of
the admissions process,” Saginuma
said. “I felt like I was discriminated
against, I felt like I was unwelcome.”
When asked about the effect in-
carceration had on familial relation-
ships, both Suganuma and McPher-
son felt they could persist through
incarceration.
Suganuma
used
the example of his mother, while
McPherson discussed her brother
and his kids.
“My mom was engaged in my
life, at least, she tried to be,” Sug-
anuma said. “The funny thing is, at
least because of the carceral state,
she always knew where to find me.”
McPherson explained her broth-
er was mentally ill and a substance
abuser, but this didn’t keep his chil-
dren from seeing him.
“Even though he was mentally
ill and a substance abuser, they still
loved their father,” she said. “Chil-
dren love their parents.”
Gourlay believed prisons were
a huge detriment to the formation
of community, something she per-
sonally experienced while her son
was incarcerated. She explained the
carceral state prevented formation
of communities between prisoners,
as well as with those on the outside.
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WOLVE RINE OF THE WE E K
ALEC COHEN/Daily
Q: What did you do over
spring break? Any memorable
moments?
“I spent spring break in the
San Diego area working
with GRID Alternatives,
a non-profit, and twelve
UMich students installing
solar panels on two modular
homes on the Los Coyotes
Band of Cahuilla and Cupeña
Indian reservation...There
was one member of the tribe
who stopped by to visit us
most of our nights staying
on the reservation to talk to
us and spend time with us.
He opened up a lot about
his life and experiences
and started dialogue about
very serious problems and
injustices in the U.S. The trip
really forced so many of us to
talk about identities and our
experiences.”
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