(Develop)-Development of the criminal justice system along with the impact it still has today

Racial disparity with our prison system and how it developed into today
Hi my name is Kalea, my podcast will be covering how our criminal justice system was formed and how slavery has made a huge impact.
 In the late 15th century Angola was a country in south africa which had a ton of land which was filled with slave plantations. Matthew was a child who was one of the 62 Louisiana children who was sentenced to life imprisonment. He spoke on his story of being treated in the workforce. They were put to work picking cotton and if they failed to pick fast enough they were sent into the hole. The first punishment they created was “the hole” where they’d be restricted to food and water and most of the time tear gassed. 
In 1664 Maryland's general assembly agreed that all black people should be doing hard work for the rest of their lives. Back in Alabama in 1861 they had discovered, enslaved black people were capable of commiting crimes and no longer seen as actual people. When sent to prison they would be working 24/7 in brutal conditions and there were high rates of death at this time.  
Incidents started happening targeting black people and being accused of being in the wrong when trying to defend their innocences. Police started suspecting and killing people who were completely innocent just by the color of their skin. 
Black children in schools were having higher suspended rates than a white kid in their class. Inside courtrooms they accused all black people for being the problem and were thrown into jail for life almost immediately if suspected.  
It was recently proven black defendants are 22 times more likely to receive the death penalty for crimes that white people committed. After 400 years, We are still having many problems getting justice for people of color but spreading awareness by using museums dedicated to slavery to tell their stories.

Kalea Lockwood