20 - Growing Unhealthy Families in the Age of Mass Incarceration

Mr. Tony Lewis Jr is a native Washingtonian, community activist ,son of a drug Kingpin and author of Slugg: A Boy's Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration. He joins us along with friend and business owner Rico Curry to discuss coming of age in the 1980''s in Washington, DC and the personal toll that mass incarceration,gun violence and the drug trade have taken on their families.. Guest Lanada Williams, licensed psychotherapist and the host of the Lanada Williams show on BLIS.FM, discusses the underdiagnosis of mental health conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder in underserved communities affected by the continuing loss of family members due to incarceration and intentional injuries .