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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.
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).
Four of the suspects (Fernandez, Muniz, Rivera, and Hernandez) were incarcerated at Rikers Island and received death threats, even from other members of the Trinitario gang, while awaiting trial. Jail officials segregated them from other prisoners and they received heightened security protection at the jail. [ 28 ]
A longtime Rikers Island correction officer needed six stitches to close a gaping gash over her eye Friday, after allegedly being bashed in the face by a violent inmate at the notorious city jail.
“One of the most disturbing statistics plaguing the Rikers Island jails is the number of deaths of people in custody in recent years. Nineteen people died in Defendants’ custody in 2022, nine ...
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Of the more than 2,500 lawsuits filed under a special New York law, nearly 20% allege sexual violence against current or former prisoners at the infamous Rikers Island facilities.
The play premiered Off-Broadway at the East 13th Street Theatre in a production by LAByrinth Theater Company on November 29, 2000, and ran to December 31, 2000. [2] [3] The play was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.