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PREVIEW: 28-day prison and death fast

POSTED: Friday, January 28, 2011, 4:00 PM

Filed Under: Critical Mass

michael ta'bon

Ta'Bon wants to end Philly's "cycle of death and incarceration."

Michael Ta'Bon spent almost 10 years behind bars, and he wants Philly youth to escape the same fate. He's already founded the "Rest in Peace" Memorial Wall at 1924 Huntington Ave., a monument coated with countless names which pays tribute to the

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city's murder victims. Now he wants to show Philly youth the horrors of imprisonment, firsthand. Next month, he has planned a series of events to help Philly youth rise above a continuing "cycle of death and incarceration." At the heart of the series is a 28-Day Prison and Death Fast. Ta'Bon will build a jail cell at the "R.I.P. Wall"— and starting Feb. 1, he'll lock himself inside for four weeks straight, 24 hours a day. "We're gonna bring the jail cell to the people instead of the people going to jail," Ta'Bon says in an accompanying video. "The bottom line is jail is for suckers. I heard that statement when I was coming up as a young buck — didn't know what it meant. Now I know what it means."

john

Posted 2011-01-31 18:02:02

I liked it better the first time when David Blaine did this. He also had the good sense to do this in summer.

John Campbell

Posted 2011-02-10 17:48:33

Dont be a hater...The guy is doing something...

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