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Rikers (2016)

Rikers (2016)

Documentary

AN AMERICAN JAIL

Release Date: 2016, November 12
Directors: Mark Benjamin, Marc Levin
Cast: Bill Moyers, Tariq Barnes

Overview:

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience – from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.

Keywords:

new york city survival violence police brutality gang violence jail extortion systemic corruption prison rape inmate prison brutality jailed rikers island mass incarceration