Rikers: What's Next? A Conversation
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Special | 28m 35s | As some call for closing Rikers Island Jail, Bill Moyers explores what choices we face. (28m 35s)
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Special | 56m 40s | People formerly detained at New York City's notorious jail reveal what they experienced. (56m 40s)
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Rikers: An American Jail
The United States is facing a crisis of mass incarceration with over 2.2 million people packed into its jails and prisons. To understand the human toll of this crisis, Rikers Island is a good place to start.
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RIKERS is a production of Schumann Media Center, Inc. and Brick City TV LLC in association with Public Square Media, Inc. Produced by Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin, with producer...