The Black Power Movement was going strong from the 1950s and 1970s. The federal government , in collaboration with the state and city government, deliberately pushed the leaders of this movement into prisons all across the country. New York City was the cultural center and hub of this movement that was pushed into prison. While imprisoned, these warriors in Attica state penitentiary rose and gained some power in the form of hostage which they planned to use as leverage for their request for better human society and prison system.  In a pathetic display of humanity the governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller ordered the retake of the prison by any means necessary. This meant the death of at least 43 people: police guards and prisoners. The sight was gruesome and sad, but the spilled blood would serve as the germinating matrix for continued action. Out of this tragedy came the Green Haven Think Tank study, a nebulous for progressive action, revolution-oriented organization. The THINK TANK is composed of socially concerned and involved inmates whose activity has been defined by traditional prison policies as “radical,” “militant,” and “disruptive.” The purpose of the Think Tank is to allow inmates an opportunity to enter into the process of solving the broader problem of their life-situation, which they view as not one of a struggle against prison conditions, but rather the broader social probelm of the communities to which they will return.  The Green Haven Think Tank (1971) was a cadre formation of incarcerated men that developed the Basic Question: How is it that although Blacks and Latinos together represent~ less than 28% of the general population of New York State, while at the very same time, they comprise 85% of the total state prison population, and over 75% of this total state prison population comes from New York City? How do we account for this disproportionate representation? How did this happen? What are the future implications? - from a Black Liberation analysis cultivated from a (her)historical analysis, multiple studies, and practices of Black community experiences who served long prison sentences in New York State.The Green Haven Think Tank, built a practice from inside prison to develop a participatory research praxis, analysis, and youth development process of resurrection called “The Non Traditional Approach Criminal and Social Justice (NTA).” The NTA is the first ever published scholarship, analysis and empirical research to collectively study race, geography/local Black/Afrikan communities and the criminal justice (punishment) system integratively and simintaneously together (Ellis, 1990, Ellis, 1993; Ellis, 1998; Green Haven Think Tank, 1998; Green Haven Think Tank, 2020; Resurrection Study Group, 1997; White, 2021; White, 2021b; White, 2021c). The NTA, critique of the traditional criminal justice system, Afrikan youth development framework and social justice issues, by covering three (3) large areas of analysis, practice and worldview: 1) Historical Perspective, to provide contextual and historical account that traces the growth of Afrikan people from plantation life into to be the majority of people in prison system; , 2) The Direct Relationship, to establish the existence Crime Generative Factors that produce the Direct Relationship between the criminal justice system and specific Black communities in New York City, & 3) Three Program Components, outline the Non Traditional and Afrikan-Centered process necessary to transform individuals from social liabilities to community assets (Ellis, 1990; Ellis,1993; White, 2021; White, 2021b; White, 2021c). One of the greatest accomplishments of think tank was the creation of the youth cadres - The Resurrection Study Group, The Liberation Study and Consciente Study Group