.@pelecanos1's work focuses on #WashingtonDC area. Many District of Columbia residents who get convicted are sent to prisons all over the country. Pelecanos says this is "cruel and unusual," and has a major effect on prisoners, and their friends and family who can't visit them.
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@kantholis asks@pelecanos1 (EP of "The Wire) to discuss the differences#Baltimore and#WashingtonDC. The biggest difference is jobs. DC has flourished in the last couple of decades because of opportunity. Baltimore struggles because the unions are diminishing.Show this thread -
"When I came to DC in the late 80s/early 90s as a prosecutor, it was still "Chocolate City," I expected the defendants to be black.""What I didn't expect was to see so many black lawyers, judges, jurors, etc."
@Pelecanos1's work does a good job at showing this. -@LawProfButlerShow this thread
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