Rikers Island Will Reportedly Close It’s PrisonsĀ In a plan to help end mass incarceration, and a vicious cycle of violence, Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to completely shut down all Rikers Island jails within the span of 10 years. One of the nine jails in the complex, George Motchan Detention Center, will be shutting […]
On Friday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio voiced support in closing Rikers Island, a jail marred with a lengthy, contentious history.
The documentary dives into the fundamentally broken parts of the criminal justice system and personifies it with Browder's story.
Plus, Nigerian president apologizes for plagiarizing President Obama's past speech and six Rikers prison guards given prison time for beating an inmate.
Forty-one-year-old Aitabdel Salem, a native of Algeria, spent five months on New York's Rikers Island because, uhm, officials failed to tell him that bail was set at $2.
When 22-year-old Kalief BrowderĀ took his life, New York City heaved. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island, the infamous New York City jail where he…
John Legend hasn’t been keeping quiet on police brutalityĀ or mass incarceration.Ā Now, he is taking it a step further with his essay for Vulture speaking out…
