Starting now - Dr. CalvinJohn Smiley's #DrugResearchersRT entitled, "The Body - from Citizen, to Convict, to Ex-Con." He has started by tracking the ways in which Black bodies have been differently valued and de-valued in American history.
There's a myth that people who are 'ex-cons' could ever return to 'citizen' status, given the real ways that incarceration impacts the body. #DrugResearchersRT
Some visible signs on the body indicating a history of incarceration include scars endured through initiation, prison tattoos, and other forms of disfigurement. Invisible signs include the stigma, labels, and negative associations. #DrugResearchersRT
Smiley also noted key physical and mental impacts upon the body during re-entry, including PTSD and hyper-awareness for 'survival mode' as well as chronic physical pain or illness and disease from poor medical care and conditions. #DrugResearchersRT
Smiley highlights a few quotes illustrating these types of mental and physical changes as experienced by his respondents upon re-entry. #DrugResearchersRT
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