Hmm... you have given me something to think about! I need to read that article for myself now. Thank you for engaging with me.
With re. to prisons... I wrote an article a while back in which I mentioned Kalief Browder, a 17 year old black boy who was unjustly treated.
Here is the article if you're interested:
https://medium.com/@shefaliohara/rape-is-never-funny-bf6a9317a525
Here is an article I wrote in which I discuss black militias in the Jim Crow era among other things:
https://medium.com/@shefaliohara/racism-and-gun-control-c220358b8f65
Anyway, I appreciate that you have shared with me.