Tight Packers - side view

Tight Packers takes its conceptual inspiration from a 19th century term used to refer to a method for packing slaving vessels, forcing as many people as possible into the hold of the ship to maximize profit at port. The practice was ill as crowded conditions made the ships breeding grounds for disease. Olufani re-appropriated the term here to refer to the disproportionate number of black and brown men confined in U.S. prisons.