The California Constitution and Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution both proclaim that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” In conjunction with California Bound - Slavery on the New Frontier, 1848—1865, experience a performance and public dialogue with Bryonn Bain, the creator, writer, and lead performer of the award-winning production Lyrics from Lockdown. A poet, actor, and activist working in prisons since 1989, Bain is associate professor of African American Studies and World Arts & Cultures at UCLA. His hip-hop theater, spoken word poetry, theater, and film work critique race, class, prisons, policing, power, and the inequitable distribution of justice in America.