Authentically Detroit is a BridgeDetroit partner podcast that tells the stories of Detroiters’ lives through exposition and interview. In this episode, hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens explore the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan prisons where there are over 1,800 confirmed cases of coronavirus and former inmates contend that it is virtually impossible to social distance behind bars. Shaka Senghor, noted author and media personality, Victoria Burton-Harris, attorney and contender for Wayne County Prosecutor, and Yusef Shakur, co-director of the Michigan Roundtable For Diversity and Inclusion are featured guests in this episode.

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Shakur Senghor and Burton-Harris want to change the narrative around prisons to acknowledge the humanity of inmates (BridgeDetroit podcast)

by Orlando Bailey and Donna L. Givens, Bridge Michigan
May 5, 2020

<h1>Shakur Senghor and Burton-Harris want to change the narrative around prisons to acknowledge the humanity of inmates (BridgeDetroit podcast)</h1> <p class="byline">by Orlando Bailey and Donna L. Givens, Bridge Michigan <br />May 5, 2020</p> <div class="region"> <div class="region__content"> <div id="buzzsprout-player-3632464">&nbsp;</div> </p> </div> </div> <div class="dr-paragraph right-aligned-blockquote dr-paragraph--right-aligned-blockquote"> <div class="region region--float-right dr-paragraph right-aligned-blockquote dr-paragraph--right-aligned-blockquote"> <div class="region__content"> <div class="infogram-embed" data-id="71ea0c5e-c18c-47ce-a39f-faf5d4909b1f" data-title="Bridge Detroit Box" data-type="interactive">&nbsp;</div> <p>!function(e,i,n,s){var t="InfogramEmbeds",d=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];if(window[t]&amp;&amp;window[t].initialized)window[t].process&amp;&amp;window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement("script");o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src="https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js",d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,"infogram-async"); </p> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Authentically Detroit is a BridgeDetroit partner podcast that tells the stories of Detroiters’ lives through exposition and interview. In this episode, hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens explore the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan prisons where there are over 1,800 confirmed cases of coronavirus and former inmates contend that it is virtually impossible to social distance behind bars. Shaka Senghor, noted author and media personality, Victoria Burton-Harris, attorney and contender for Wayne County Prosecutor, and Yusef Shakur, co-director of the Michigan Roundtable For Diversity and Inclusion are featured guests in this episode.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/shakur-senghor-and-burton-harris-want-change-narrative-around-prisons-acknowledge/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=7079&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/shakur-senghor-and-burton-harris-want-change-narrative-around-prisons-acknowledge/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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