phosphorusRavi Shankar, the Ushkat Prize-winning poet and professor of English, reflects on life in a prison in Hartford, Conn. His 90 days in jail for a misdemeanor deepened his understanding of systemic racism in America and showed him how something as seemingly small as the height of a basketball hoop can lead to chaos.
This article animated by Grace Shin is part of “Inside Stories,” The Marshall Project's groundbreaking video series distributed online and in correctional facilities across the United States
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