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Time: The Kalief Browder Story is a six-episode American documentary television miniseries that broadcast on Spike beginning March 1, 2017. [3] The documentary recounts the story of Kalief Browder, a Bronx high school student who was imprisoned for three years, two of them in solitary confinement on Rikers Island, without being convicted of a crime.
Kalief Browder (May 25, 1993 – June 6, 2015) was an African American youth from The Bronx, New York, who was held at the Rikers Island jail complex, without trial, between 2010 and 2013 for allegedly stealing a backpack containing valuables.
Rikers High (also known as Lykeio Rikers) is a 2005 American and French documentary film directed by Victor Buhler.The film looks at Island Academy the high school for inmates of Rikers Island, the largest correctional facility in North America.
The award-winning short documentary "John Leguizamo Live at Rikers" on the Latino comedian's performance to mostly Black and Latino young inmates is streaming on the Black Experience on Xfinity ...
Inside a shuttered Rikers Island jail, city investigators in November 2020 discovered a secret lounge with leather couches and a giant TV screen, caches of Correction Department equipment ...
Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [1] [2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [3] that contains New York City's largest jail. [4] [5]Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).
A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand over management of its Rikers Island jail complex to a third-party receiver after holding the city's Department of Corrections (DOC ...
Chris L Jenkins (born March 2, 1971) is an American independent filmmaker and journalist. [1] [2] He is best known for his award-winning documentary Trapped: Cash Bail in America, Rikers: Innocence Lost, BrotherSpeak, and MEN: The Dreamer. [3] [4]