The corrupt white superintendent of Nickel Academy who runs the institution as a profit-generating convict labor camp while maintaining strict racial segregation and engaging in systemic abuse.
Hattie's efforts to free Elwood are systematically blocked by Spencer's institution.
Spencer exercises absolute, violent control over Turner and other Black students.
Spencer operates a profit-driven prison system that wrongfully holds Elwood.
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