Raven Coots

Robeson County Detention Center

Agency Project

Who am I?
I am 17 years old. The officers wanted my
family to believe that I committed suicide. But
the truth is I was hung from a swing set. Nobody
to save me but one thing was for sure my family
knew that I did not commit suicide. I loved the
woman I was dating. She was a white woman
and it is believed that because of our inter-racial
relationship I am now dead. She was constantly
warned to not date me because I was a black
male. I had so much going for myself. I was only
17 years old. Do you know who I am?

I am..
Lennon Lacy

Who am I?
August 9th, 2014 I was shot and killed. The man who took
my life walks freely every day. He gets to wear his badge
and his mom gets to hug him. My mother will never see me
alive again. I will never take another breath. I was only 19
when I was murdered. My death sparked protest
worldwide. I will admit I robbed a store before my death
but when I was shot I did not deserve to be. Darren Wilson
is the officer that took my life and he was not a responding
officer to the robbery. He recognized me. My death
started many riots. I was unarmed. My death sparked
riots. My death made America realize that racism is still
alive and officers will shoot with no care. Because of me
people now walk around with shirts that say AllLivesMatter.
Who am I?

I am..
Michael Brown

My Agency Project
Where:

Robeson County Detention

Center
Goal: Educating inmate on current
societal issues
Population: 2 Juveniles (African
American), 1 Caucasian, 3 African
American men.
Project: Discussion group
Time: 1.5 hours
Ice Breaker: Who am I? (6 cases)

Focus Group

Racism
Society

Topics!
RACISM

Define Racism &

Discrimination
Trayvon Martin, Mike
Brown, Muslim
students at Chapel
Hill, Lennon Lacy, ect.
Personal views/ Biases
Is Racism still a
problem?

SOCIETY

Views on incarcerated
men
Gangs
Current cases such as
Mike Brown and
Lennon Lacy

Some Competencies
Used
1

identify as a social worker and

conduct self accordingly
2 apply social work ethical principles
to guide professional practice
4 Engage diversity and difference in
practice
5 advance human rights and social
and economic justice
7 apply knowledge of human
behavior and the social environment

Benefit?
INMATE

Unaware of some of
the cases
Educated on current
cases
Got to participate in a
group
Had time out of cell
Team bonding
Respecting others
opinoins

OVERALL?
I benefitted my clients
more than the agency.
Some of the inmates that
participated in the
discussion had never
heard of the some of the
cases. They were
educated on them and
left with a better
understanding that
racism still exist outside
of these walls.

ATTENTION
ATTENTION

The motto is Youre

innocent until proven
guilty but at RCDC
Youre guilty until
proven innocent. This
jail needs an update.
This jail needs funding for
programs. Yet, there is
nobody willing to take
the time to write a grant.
Its as if everyone here is
broken and they are
trying to fix each other.
You cannot fix something
that is damaged if you
are damaged too.