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Center for Brooklyn History Talk | David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan Discuss 鈥淐ity Time: On Being Sentenced to Rikers Island鈥�
January 14 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
David Campbell听补苍诲听Jarrod Shanahan聽both served sentences at Rikers. In their book聽City Time聽they offer an unvarnished account of the banality and brutality of incarceration at New York City鈥檚 notorious jail.
Campbell and Shanahan reconstruct the daily realities of hygiene, nourishment, recreation, and work. They paint a grim and urgent picture of structural racism, class violence, and the disastrous lack of mental health and substance abuse resources for poor New Yorkers who are shuttled in and out of Rikers as 鈥渇requent flyers.鈥�
As the infamous jail moves towards closing, join them for this view from the inside. The discussion is moderated by聽Donald Washington, Jr., a member of Brooklyn Public Library鈥檚 Welcome Home team providing support for formerly incarcerated people
Participants
David Campbell聽is a writer, translator, and former antifascist political prisoner. He was a PEN America 2021 Writing for Justice Fellowship finalist, and his writing has been featured in numerous publications, including聽Slate, Huffington Post, CUNY Law Review, New York Focus, Truthout, and聽the Appeal. He is the translator of聽Revolutionary Affinities: Toward a Marxist-Anarchist Solidarity.
Jarrod Shanahan聽is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Governors State University. He is the author of聽Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage;聽co-author of聽States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America鈥檚 Punishment System;聽and co-editor of聽Treason to Whiteness is Loyalty to Humanity, a Noel Ignatiev reader.
Donald Washington, Jr.聽is the director and executive producer of聽Inside Story, a video series designed to reach audiences both inside and outside of prison walls. He is a self-taught filmmaker who honed his skills working with local Brooklyn artists and grassroots organizations. Donald is a member of the Brooklyn Public Library鈥檚 Welcome Home team and the First Baptist Church of Crown Heights Rephidim Ministry. He holds a graduate degree from the New York Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Science degree from Mercy College. Previously, Donald was the co-founding president of the Back-To-School Fund, a fundraising group supplementing the educational needs of children with incarcerated parents in New York State prisons. In 2015, he was presented with the Ossie Davis Award for his excellence in community service by Hudson Link for Higher Education.