ahnka:

photo via nytimes

““The fact is that this community along with six others in New York City makes up the majority of the prison population in New York State,” [Lumumba Bandele] said. “And to have this here under the auspices of NYCHA is absolutely insulting.”

sadly, this doesn’t surprise me. it saddens me, but it’s not at all shocking. it’s a few blocks from where i work, the students mentioned it to me a little while ago, but i thought it was something written on the playground by a resident. i didn’t realize it was part of the actual design.