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The session will address the issues revolving around U.S. mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines that unjustly target young Black males and fuel the multi-billion dollar prison industrial complex and school to prison pipeline.
The workshop will also address the reentry dilemma created once those victims of mandatory sentencing attempt to reenter society. Panelists will address real life experiences and discuss solutions to this growing nationwide problem. Student Minister Troy Muhammad of Muhammad Mosque Number One who was formerly incarcerated is scheduled to offer a testimonial to the foundation the Nation of Islam within Michigan Department of Corrections provided. The workshop will conclude with a question and answer period which will provide for audience participation.
Our formerly incarcerated Brothers and Sisters often have to endure STG (Security Threat Group) status, solitary confinement, physical and emotional abuse, unjust sentencing and denial of probation or parole for their desire and efforts to become Muslims in the Nation of Islam.
Workshop panelists will include Student Minister Troy Muhammad of Mosque No. 1, former inmate and inmate N.O.I. Study Group Leader; Magistrate Maurice Muhammad, magistrate of Bessemer, Ala.; Che X Daniels, Nation of Islam, served 17 years in Michigan Department of Corrections; LaSalle X Washington, Nation of Islam, served 43 years in Michigan Department of Corrections and Malik Zulu Shabazz, Black Lawyers for Social Justice.
The workshop Mandatory Sentencing and The Re-Entry Dilemma: How Strong is Our Foundation: Can We Survive? is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 410 B in the Cobo Center.