Crime Bill - (1995)

Crime Bill is a "diagram" of the mousetrap nature of drug laws. Crime Bills have mandated harsh prison sentences that have skyrocketed the incarceration of people of color in the U.S. Cocaine offences, mostly committed by white, more affluent people receive lighter punishment than crack.  In this piece a bowl of crack, suspended as a lure, is held up with the weight of bones, evoking the lives damaged by these policies. The prison bars are held in place by the legacy of slavery. A bowl of yellow roses offers a prayer for healing the damage caused by racism.   For more information about the disastrous effect of this countries drug policy on urban poor populations read Lockdown American by Christian Parenti. 

Lite Agendas

Crime Bill

Supermax Christianity

Criminal Profits

COINTELPRO HELL

Make Freedom Ring

Paintings

Writings

pulleys

gold chain

shackles

rib bones

bars

white rocks

bullets

roses in bowl