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The Elusive Dream: Closing Rikers Island

Loaded on Nov. 6, 2017 by Matthew Clarke, David Reutter published in Prison Legal News November, 2017, page 32
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prison Reform, Jail Specific. Location: New York.

by David M. Reutter and Matt Clarke

New York City’s Rikers Island, one of the nation’s largest jails, has a notorious history of violence – both by guards and prisoners. City leaders have long sought to solve the problem that Rikers poses, but resistance by local residents to housing prisoners ...

 

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