RIKERS ISLAND An American Jail: By Mr.Five Mualimm-ak - Bill Moyers - Brian Stevenson -
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2017
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For nearly a century straight Rikers Island housed over 30,000. men women & children on any given day in NYC, 90% of people on Rikers Island are just being detained , awaiting their next court date
Being a Jail complex that was originally build in 1650, Rikers Island is a contaminated island that is a danger for any human being to be working or forced to be detained on. 400 acres of jails and various facilities for punishment.Read the Killing Rikers report: nycitylens.com/wp-content/rikers/ published by Incarcerated Nation & City lens with youth from YAPP .
Rikers Island is structured for violence and must be closed as it is a danger to pubic health, and costs New Yorkers over 500,000 dollars per person per year.
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Five Mualimm-ak - Mark levine - Marc Benjamin- Bill Moyers presents: Rikers An American Jail: Produced by Brian Stevenson 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, Riker's Island is a good place to start. Of the more than 7,500 people detained at Riker's Island on any given day, almost 80% have not yet been found guilty or innocent of the charges they face. All are at risk in the pervasive culture of violence that forces people to come to terms with what they must do for their own survival. RIKERS: AN AMERICAN JAIL, a riveting new documentary from Bill Moyers, Five Mualimm-ak & Brian Stevenson, brings you face to face with men and women who have endured incarceration at Riker's Island. Their stories, told direct to camera, vividly describe the cruel arc of the Riker's experience-from the shock of entry, to the extortion and control exercised by other detainees, the oppressive interaction with corrections officers, the beatings and stabbings, the torture of solitary confinement and the many challenges of returning to the outside world.
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_ 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. Of the more than 7,500 people detained at Rikers Island on any given day, almost 80% have not yet been found guilty or innocent of the charges they face. All are at risk in the pervasive culture of violence that forces people to come to terms with what they must do for their own survival. RIKERS: AN AMERICAN JAIL, a riveting new documentary from Bill Moyers, brings you face to face with men and women who have endured incarceration at Rikers Island. Their stories, told direct to camera, vividly describe the cruel arc of the Rikers experience-from the shock of entry, to the extortion and control exercised by other inmates, the oppressive interaction with corrections officers, the beatings and stabbings, the torture of solitary confinement and the many challenges of returning to the outside world.
everytime i watch a prison documentary it reminds me how grateful I am
TRUE THAT
#100%
Amen
Amen.Again
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Will never forget a man in my college class told us he had spent 23 yrs behind bars & i was 22 yrs old. I was shocked he was away more than i have ever been alive i couldnt believe it. This man said good afternoon every single time he walked into class with the brightes smile & the confidence he carried was admjrable. When he told us his story his eyes got watery & he just looked so haopy to be with us he looked older than everybody in the class, hope he is doing good where ever he is❤
I’m reading these comments and now I realized why we live in the world we do. More than half of these young adults are innocent they are only guilty of being poor and a minority. These are 14 to 17 year old kids !!!! Kids !!!!! I pray for all their souls may God reach them 🤲🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Innocent lmaooo
Thing is once you go thru Rikers wether innocent or not you come out a completely different person. It changes you most for the better .
So many missed a very important point about Riker’s….It’s a holding jail for detainees! None of the people were convicted of crimes. Can’t say things like “don’t do the crime” if there’s a chance the person didn’t commit a crime! Individuals need a speedier trial system. There’s no way people should be subjected to such torture while waiting for their fair trials! That’s a huge injustice!
Dam. I didn't know that
Rikers is land will change you because your forced to be violence there . .
Most criminals will get bail, most likely these are for violent serious no bail crimes
@@tubester4567 Not necessarily, a young teen was sent there for stealing a cheap booking.
He was badly beaten and raped, he died.
All for a cheap booking and he never got his day in court
In case u didn’t know , rikers is a “jail” not prison every jail has ppl awaiting trial or or already sentenced under 2 years.
I actually did 3 years on rikers and I can say that it’s literally hell on earth I pray to god that I never go back & im actually 6 years police contact free .....
Stay that long way.
GREAT!! Keep it up .... There isn't anything worth that ... Damn
Why were you there?
Congratulations. Keep doing what you are doing. You deserve freedom and happiness.
@@jeffpadgett1339 that’s a fed ass question
RIKERS ISLAND is like a MENTAL CONCENTRATION CAMP. It's no place for a human being that is supposed to be locked up for a few months.
I was arrested and put in a violent jail in Florida (Orient Road) for what was an ultimately a clerical error. Within a few minutes of being there someone threatened my life. Luckily my friends bailed me out. A clerk made a mistake and issued a warrant for my arrest. I did nothing wrong and was later cleared when I showed the judge a copy of a piece of paper that the clerk claimed I never filed. He admitted in court that he didn't see it because it was stuck to another piece of paper. There are innocent people in jail along with people who are supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty". To think I could have ended up getting hurt or killed or caught a real charge for defending myself makes me very angry. This is a JAIL, not a prison. People should be safe while they go to trial.
So sad you got out.. in time.. Bless you.. plenty innocent folks in there.. 😭
@Neal Karen
So very glad that you got out just in time.. 😇😇😇😇 watching over you.. plenty innocent folks in jail.. God bless you 🙏🙏🙏😇😇
@@alicewashington220 Thank you. Yes, plenty of innocent people. Also plenty of innocent people that will take a plea bargain and admit to something they didn't do. Even the guilty should be safe while on trial.
@neal.karn-jones exactly. Would you risk doing a year by pleading guilty or 10 by going to a jury trial? And the bail system is a JOKE..especially if you can't afford it like so many can't.
I totally understand wanting to plead guilty to something you didn't do because the risk of a trial and a long sentence is insane. And if you can't afford a good lawyer you will lose.
You are not "innocent until proven guilty", you are "guilty until you prove you're innocent".
Also there should be no prisons owned by private corporations. It leads to legal slavery.@@laitoniamonroe2412
I'm so glad I'm out of that life. It took me 5 trips to the penitentiary to get my life together. I spent 30 years on heroin. I wasn't a bad person. I just had a horrible addiction. I'm going on 6 years clean and all I do is work now. I like my life so much better now
How many times did you get turned out? Ouch!
@@ivreiceman20257 I wonder if you would say something like that if I were standing in front of you. I doubt it. Don't you think it's kinda cowardly to talk shit over a computer where you can't get hurt?
@@ivreiceman20257 What a douchebag thing to say. I'm 💯 % convinced by your comment that it's you that would be turned out.
I spent 19 1/2 years as a ward of the state. Foster Homes, other State Training Homes. I became a bully, stabbed, took foods and other criminal acts while in those homes. I got out and placed in Foster Care and graduated with honors from high school. I graduated from college and spent 8 years teaching in Europe. I retired from the Michigan Department of Corrections as a G.E.D. Teacher! This is the BEST DOCUMENTARY I have EVER seen!!! I've always heard that Rikers Island is the island and jail of death. I am so proud of those who made it out of Rikers Island and years of prison time to work with those in need. May our God continue to bless them (you) to reach one!!
God bless You, Korey Wise, Kalief Browder, and many others. I want to find a way to help! May God help me help.
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Prisons need to seperate violent from non violent offenders,because those non violent offenders come out violent.The majority of arrests are because of drug posession.
But if they did then those unfortunately mis convicted passives would be thrown into concentrated violents (a screws nightmare) and vice versa, violents would find themselves in a population of mostly passive
This is gotta be the biggest misconception I know alot of guys that came thru with non violent convictions that were violent ass hell 😂
Being a correctional officer in a prison made me realize how tough these inmates live from the food to where they sleep. I pray to God I never jeopardize my freedom ever and end up inside.
You should stop supporting that system for your morality’s sake rather than doing it just because you need the money
I havent even been charged with anything but DUS and contempt in 19 years. Yet ive been arrested about a dozen times since my release in 2006.
I pray you stay safe and are a positive influence in there...we need GOOD corrections officers that actually care about the population they govern (for lack of better term).
It's been some years now and I want to thank all who have taken the time to watch this production .. so much more to come
Thanks for putting it out there. I honestly think America needs to see this.... See what people have went through.... Are still going through...
To think that Kalief Browder and Korey Wise had to be incarcerated at 16 years old in that place of hell for something they did not do...this is a human tragedy!
Demonic institution.
that browder story fucked with me alot when i first learned about it. now that ive kinda learned more about the prison system and prison politics i can understand why that horrible event occured
Here here .
Happens more than when we hear about it unfortunately.
@Gary Mcguckin may God NOT ever mercy on your rotten soul
i cant believe poor 16 yr old Korey Wise went through this... My heart breaks for him #whentheyseeus
I always thought it was awful how they drop people off in the middle of the night in Queens Plaza with a MetroCard and just abandon them. There should be some sort of outreach center for them to get some real food, a shower to wash off the prison smell, an item of clothing that they choose, even if it’s just a hat. Let them sleep there until morning and if they want, have someone go with them to their home. If they’ve got nobody and no home, get them in a program to transition to life on the outside.
As a child we used to drive over the Throgs Neck Bridge and look down on Riker’s. Mom would make us say prayers for the prisoners. We thought it was weird. Nobody else’s Mom did that, but it’s a habit I maintain to this day although I don’t live in New York any more. I still have a few family out on Long Island and when I drive down or fly into LGA, I pray for the prisoners stuck in there. I like to think I’d never go to jail, but that’s presumption. We’re all capable of wrongdoing when pushed too hard. “There, but for the grace of God…”
R.I.P. to the man who got shot right outside his building in Brooklyn. None of the people in this documentary seem “bad.” Most of them made bad choices or just fell into a life of crime because of how they grew up. A few were truly innocent and had to serve years anyway. The man who spoke about how hard it is to get a job, I’d hire him. Everyone deserves another chance if they are sincerely trying to do right.
My oldest brother straightened us out he spent 12years in prison in the60’s and the things he told us stuck that’s one experience I knew that life wasn’t for me I thank GOD that I listened every day.
Imagine going through all of this for several years just waiting for your court date when you're legit for real innocent!! RIP Kahlif Browder.
He is in no pain now. Let that be your peace. 🙏
That is bullshit..so.much for speedy trial
@@AM-eu7tp ain't no such thing az a speedy trial your exactly right lol I'm from jersey essex county Newark all day born and raised but niggaz be sitting in that county for yrs
Yes may he rest in so much peace
@@edwinortiz8333 u gotta pay for a speedy trial. No other way
Kalief Browder, Korey Wise, probably countless of other CHILDREN that are subjected to this torture for nothing!! It makes me sick!
@@fanclubagainstallracesofne8553I've seen you post utter bullshit on every single person's comment on here. Maybe you need to get yourself a life instead of acting like a fucking clown.
Hello pretty face woman.... Beautiful smile.... I am on the clock here in Melrose Park Illinois USA watching this video... I like your words...
@A1 Confidence have you ever experienced a Same Sex Sexual escapade before??
@A1 Confidence have you ever experienced a Same Sex Sexual experience with the same sex as you???????
@A1 Confidence yes,,,,when I was incarcerated at Joliet Illinois prison cell block D,,, my lover was White boy Willie,,, we shared honey buns, cigarettes and sweet rolls....I have been home now for 3years and have 2 girlfriend,, 1 black,,1 white ,so I am not prejudice... Yes in PRISON it is called GAY for the STAY.... Past LIFE..... How about you???
im proud to say that it took us over ten years but now we have ended solitary confinement in the state and now all city facilities. what started as films and advocacy to close rikers is now a movement to abolish the system that traps so many. closing rikers is not just about a jail but ending a system that has been alive since slavery. im thankful for all that has tuned in and watched this doc , there will be more of these coming soon.
Just one of many.
Bring back solitary confinement, this is ridiculous, case by case. The guards shouldn’t have to suffer. I pray they bring it back
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@@Jacs333because you're a weirdo that has no empathy
@@user-nn1rn3ph2qand you are a liberal who thinks these people are little angels
I feel so much better thinking my abuser suffered when at Rikers. I couldn't hit back as a kid. I hope you gave him hell every day he was in there. Some of you might not have deserved being hurt. He was not one of them.
Korey is who I'm worried about... in every review he just seem out of it. Being so young and having nothing to do with this shit has ruin his entire life. 😭
Look up Kalief Browder 😭😭😭😭
@@natashaluo5697 OMGAWDDDDDDD I bawl like a Bish watching Kalif story. Dayumn that was really really sad!!
Corey wise is fine he has a job at N
A.N with Rev Al Sharpton and runs organizations for people incarcerated needing representation...he is very socially active...his life is not ruined he makes it count
London Miliani yes a councilmember for INC Korey has been through a lot
London Miliani Thankbyou we co produced the Kalief Browder series as well
Just thinking that at only 16 years old Korey Wise went straight to Rikers Island. Heartbreaking
@may day how? if he was proven innocent.
Thats our brother !
No child should have ever been sent to a place like that. If they weren’t messed up before going there they would be by the time they got out.
@elexis3728 that's a fact 💯 you never forget or get over Rikers Island .
I use to visit my father in Rikers in the 80's. I was a kid. All these years later, life is good. Pops is chilling on the Gulf coast of Florida 🙏
The lawyer woman who stole the money seems so appalled by what she saw in jail but fails to see she’s just as criminal as everyone else. Someone worked for that money and she stole it with her swift degree.
Google her she actually did it TWICE with 2 different firms AND she tried to take credit and $ from a another author for a jail advocacy article,I didn't hear any regret for her crimes
Dude won $500k lawsuit vs NYC for beating he took on Rikers, and on Thanksgiving Day was shot dead outside his apt days before getting his check? Sounds fishy as hell!!!!
No it doesn't.
Very suspicious
You know as soon as you got that Check you would have left town
Jason Hay facts
@@werdup55 yes it does
This isn't a place of rehabilitation. This is Hell
not supposed to be about rehabilitation, it's about punishment
@@mikerubin22 stfu
@@mikerubin22 u asshole. Jail is supposed to rehabilitate the human to be a productive member of society. Idk why u think c.o's beating ppl is ok u fckin dick. Ur last name says it all.
this place is doing its job scaring people out of crime so they dont return look at most soft prisons where most of the inmates are 4th or 5th time returnees. the soft prisons dont work rikers works
@@mikerubin22 I thought the narrative changed from crime and punishment to crime and rehabilitation. Isn’t there a notion that you can judge the progressiveness of a society by how it treats its prisoners? Suddenly, Sweden and others Scandinavian countries come to mind.
Rikers is hell on earth. Period. I remember going every other weekend in the late 90s when I was only 7 years old to visit my father and it was even worse back then. It’s still the worst prison in the country and everyone in there has either less than a year to go, are awaiting trial, or waiting to be sent up top (upstate) if you have a year and a day or more. At least nowadays there’s a half ass attempts to Bring to light the injustices going on there. I just remember it felt like you were in a nightmare crossing that bridge. That bus ride over feels like your on your way to your death and they treat the visitors like inmates themselves even me as a kid. Luckily, my father had no issues when he was there because he was in his mid 40s and considered an old timer Italian street dude raised in the South Bronx to most of the young guys there. Even during visiting hours the other guys would pass by to sit with the people visiting them and say whattup pops! That placed scarred me just by visiting. Can’t even imagine actually being there full time. RIP Dad love and miss you. Fuck that place!
My brother was in here and I always remember him telling me a story about the guy in the cell next to him who had mental issues. He told the guard he wanted to kill himself and the guard told him go ahead. Everytime the guard did a round the guard would go up to the guys cell and taunt him and say " I thought you were going to kill your self"
Kalief Browder R.I.P. I find it pretty messed up that they are still using depictions of Kaliefs torture in that system.
I’m just here to see what it was like for korey wise.. my heart breaks for him soooooooo much!
Sad situation 😢
TruMusic89 yes I have heard his story too.. there many innocent ppl in there and it just makes me soo sad.. rikers is a place only violent violent offenders should go.. some ppl go there for something as simple as not paying child support.. it’s just not right.. it’s inhuman cruel and unusual..
They thought they could victimize people and commit crimes on the outside with no consequences. They thought wrong.
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Korey wise, "when they see us" brought me here 💔😔
I feel you, sad sad sad situation.
@Awesome Logic stfu everybody deservs another chance
Man. Me too.
I met Korey wise..
Dannon Green you did? you went to rikkers island ?
do ppl not understand that there’s people in this jail who haven’t been convicted. they have only been accused. i’m not saying that all the people in this jail are innocent but their living in the way that they are already guilty.
and only due to the fact that they have no money for bail. and people don’t see the problem ? jail should rehabilitate not add more problems. if you really wanted them to come out of jail a decent citizen you would try to help them. not beat them. not starve them. not throw them in solitary.
Gaby Edlund NO they don't - the reason we allow this comment section to exsistvis to show the ugly face of racism and facism in America . It's sad but the world needs to have there arguments to show how much we will have to do to be a nation with equality
I agree with you wholeheartedly, yet almost everyone thinks they are getting what they deserve, imagine that!!!! All Us Getting What We Deserve????? I accept God mercy in Jesus name.
Brian, even so we were all born bad if you look through the eyes of Jesus yet he hung on that old rugged cross so we all can have a chance to be free. Who else shoes have you walked in other than your own??? Answer the riddle?
@@TheIncarceratedNation how is this racist... There's nothing about what happens right ..but how is it RACIST??
This place needs to be shut down. It's a place of misery. NO ONE IS SMILING ON THE ISLAND .
Governor Hoschel proposed closing Rikers. I truly hope this hell hole does close.
You must have never been to C-95 every one is smiling cause everyone is fucked up on methadone makes your time fly by lol 😂
In 79, my first visit their I was sent the M O qaud upper 1&3 in c_95 the atmosphere was very similar to home, verbal, physical aggression was the ordinary thing I was already a custom to I was more afraid of the correction officer than the images. I see why some people continue to go through the revolving door , the last time I was there was 85. To day 2023 I never went back. This also will be mentioned in my Book, it will be called “Cause & Effect.
Just thinking korey went thru this @ 16 and spent most of his time in solitary
Exactly man he is a strong ass man bruh I'm so happy he not in jail no more 🙏🏽💪🏽😥❤️❤️❤️
Omg I was thinking the same thing smh.
"I'm gonna go by the park" big mistake." Wow The Central Park five had mad the same mistake too.
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It's disgusting that in the richest city in the richest country in the world that we do this to children. I'm from NYC and we should all be ashamed that this happens.
New York, New York is two different cities yes there's the richest city that also houses the poorest district community in the entire United States of America right in the south Bronx congressional district #15 ( please google that fact) what's even sadder is the NYers pay over 200,000 per person in NYC jails and about 90-1000 per person in state facilities.also why its the most expensive place to live at NYS has 62 counties over 50 of them are prison towns, meaning the prison was built then the world town was built and named after it,
NYC has 11 jails but we also have federal prisons, for-profit prisons, and jails and of course, the signature jails we got one that floats but leaks, we have 400 acres of the nation's largest jail that's an island, also kids jails scattered all around shopping areas & projects. NYC jails and uses solitary 4 times over the national average. not only was Rikers island which used to house captured slaves one of the first jails built in 1650 but to be honest NYS was the first to build prisons as an income-producing system for cities.
Correct response!!! Where are the rich? Heartlessly chasing more riches??
They should play this documentary on big screens 24/7 across America....crime rates would plummet
@ Paul Sxton
Do you see the way the satanic/marxist/democratic scum are screaming about how bad it is to "separate illegal citizens who come from Mexico, from their families..."
What about legal black families who's ancestors have been living here for hundreds of years....why dont we make sure we're not separating black families from their father by incentivizing via welfare programs to get rid of the father...80% of black children grow up without a father....wheres the outcry???
Whats your opinion on that - you virtue signaling, marxist hypocrite?
tiarnan Excellent post
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God Bless :)
LawrinMaxwellsmpc500
Im actually from Ireland...but heres something u mite find cool....the Irish were the slaves of the English and then you guys became the slaves also....but then our people met..Irish and Africans.....and we mixed....heres our descendants....
Imagine living in the Caribbean drinking Guinness? :)
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If you listen to their song...its very Irish....but, the Irish language comes from North Africa, I can speak fluently with the Berbers of North Africa....
Our skin color doesnt matter ...our language, history and past is far more important...
God Bless...and if you ever come to Ireland I'll buy you a hundred Guinness :) :)
tiarnan crime rates are down! Mainstream news doesn't report that
Poor Korey Wise was only 16 and had to experience all this trauma
Your gorgeous
Foxy Noxy My heart was breaking for him it was so painful to watch.
He is only 1, it happens to soo many kids
@@pauld1504 did u hit?
I did a total of 2 years as an inmate within the NYC DOC in 1990 for drug sales in the East New York section of Brooklyn and for also impersonating one of New Yorks finest in 1994 while shaking down illegal establishments in Manhattan. From Bklyn house to C76, C74, C73, C72, OBC something, HDM & NIC. I went to damn near every building on Rikers island. Back then the Blacks ran 1 phone, and the Latinos ran the other phone, but the inmates who couldn't use the phones had to use the collect call option on the 3rd phone. My slot time on the phone was from 7-8pm. I was good in every sense as a neutral who had no gang affiliations. I knew people throughout NYC, so I was good wherever I landed. I even knew a few correction officers from the streets, and even dated one, so even when I came back from up north for resentencing, I was good. But you really had to watch your back at all times. Regardless of who you knew, Rikers Island is considered Gladiator school. It's been over 20 years since I have roamed the corridors of Rikers. I have never looked back. People, places and things is a huge part of my life today, (now 57 years of age). The journey continues, but life is much better today than those knuckle head years of the 80's & 90's. Peace. Rist.1. Top!
God bless you my brother . I'm 43 now and I'm from Brooklyn but moved to Harlem and man was it rough coming up and getting locked and landing on the island . People don't understand how crazy that was then .... If you can survive there you can survive anywhere . I been locked up in different states but nothing compares to the island.
I heard HDM is wild, like dudes literally in the halls like they’re out on the street in the hood
As someone in HR that has tried to hire an ex-con, it is quite difficult, as potential employers are concern about the safety of their current employees. Most employees are uncomfortable and concern about the violence. However, I worked at a security company in college that did hire many ex-cons.
Same for hiring veterans. Employers are concern that candidates with exposure to war or post dramatic trauma, in their background will have an issue adapting to Civilian life and unfortunately most of them do have issues.
Watching this makes me appreciate my parents even more, and more, and more! Thanks Mom and Dad!
Whatever happened to the right to a speedy trial?
I watched this and other documentaries like it because I've never been in jail and I have an inquisitive mind about what really goes on inside. Hearing these stories makes me physically sick. Every single one of those correction officers need to pay for their crimes also. They're doing worse to the inmates than some of the inmates did to get locked up.
Disgusting!!!
so we had to fight for that we will cover that in our next episode of killing rikers the podcast. that had to be renamed Kaliefs Law , we also had to produce a entire series to support the bill. no freedoms are ever given so we still are fighting for other city legislation
I've been in jail.. because I committed a crime and belonged there.. I didn't blame anybody.. did the time like a man and did not do it again. They treated us like a treated them.. so I can't take these lies.. all bull.. like all the bull about the bail system..all lies
@@johnadams2063 ur such a small minded individual John Adams. Dont u realize things could be different in a different prison johnny? Come on man use ur head Adam go look at some other prison documentaries or something. Talkin bout u did ur time like a man. 😆 lol
@@johnadams2063 have u ever heard of the brooklyn 5 johnny? Tf
This is really insightful, thank you for the documentary! I appreciate the views from all different types of people!
People really need to do some research on this jail before even saying that these people deserve this hell hole.
you should research jails in africa or brazil 😂🤣
@@5.7ninetynine TF does that have to do with here .. idiot stop comparing
@Soup jr what your saying is so ignorant. That’s like saying “quit whining that it’s cold, it’s colder in Antarctica”. Doesn’t change the fact about how inhumane the conditions are.
@@leninmikhailov6734 very well put
@@leninmikhailov6734 you’re *
This was, by far, the best documentary on this subject I have yet watched. And I've watched many upon many. Intelligent interviews, on both sides, the questions and the inmate responses. Not the norm. Way better than the norm.
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APex watch the kalief browder documentary on Netflix, that is also great docu to watch.
Lemme hit the books and stay my ass outta these streets. I ain't built like that
Kingelow1 On God 💯
Kingelow1 20 or 25% of death row inmates are innocent imagine in general prisons it's a crime being ethnic and poor I was stopped and arrested just for walking down the street I've been to college 2 time btw
Bitch please. The history of New York and Chicago alone defy your bullshit narrative. White people, specifically Irish and Italian, were able to legitimize their gangs and convert them to politics...because they are white. Most whites are not elite and have it bad but lets not pretend like yo're equal to a deracinated, displaced people who were chattel slaves up until about 100 years ago. The majority of time the US existed my people were chattel like cattle. This is no excuse to quit or not try but its a fucking reality. Aint no race card you stupid bitch. Fuck you and your entitled as whining. Talk shit to the white elite who managed to pimp free labor for hundreds of years, build you dumb ass lower class whites up on some false racist pride, and now you muthafuckas are mad at blacks because you realize yall was NEVER winning or in the game with the elite whites. How are their poor whites when you muthafuckas had the ultimate head start. Stop crying like a faggot, my nigga. WE WUZ SERFS
Teddy you dumb shit. America is still more privileged a place for whites than non-whites whether you're talking justice system, housing, jobs, or what not. The power structure didn't suddenly change because of the Civil Rights Act.
Robin Fields 20-25% 😂🙄. Stop trying to lie to these people as an excuse as why criminals are locked up.
I’m in total disbelief on the goings on. I was glued to my phone watching. I hope for the best for all that are released to turn their lives around. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
"The land of the free"... Such jails are a disgrace for every civilized country in the world. How can a rich country like USA have that animal standards? An offender who comes there with a minor offense, will come out as a psyched out monster who couldn't do good for society. Great plan, well done!
Yeah don’t do crime.
@stillmatic109 wow that is the most helpful comment I’ve ever read. What a genius mastermind u are.
@@leninmikhailov6734 With a last name like that you wouldn’t understand. Leave this one to the true Americans 🇺🇸
@stillmatic109 Lol man I wish I was u. Ur so cool. You just beam with wisdom.
@@leninmikhailov6734 Enough wisdom to know “I wish I was u” is not proper grammar.
Laws in NY need to be changed NOW. How are ppl waiting 2-4 and 6 yrs for a trial and then being found not guilty . That is SO wrong
I hear what you're saying, but everyone has the right to a speedy trial. It's only when that right is waived by a defendant that they can be locked up for such a long time before trial. Even then, a 3-4 year delay would only be caused by the defendant's legal maneuvering.
@@tomjohnson3141 Not true were talking about over 200,000 people per year trial is because of the incredible amount of people being arrested
@@TheIncarceratedNation As indicated, I hear what people are saying, but the number of arrests and pending trials do not erase the guarantees afforded by the 6th amendment of the Constitution, the "Federal Speedy Trials act", and applicable state law.
They conveniently leave out the fact that if the state cant put u on trial in 90 days u go free.. so y are they there for so long?? Because the defense has as long as they want to drag it out.. that's a fact bucko. So look into things before u say something so fucking stupid
Because it’s nyc 5 boroughs then you got Long Island NJ that’s alot of people going in and out of course your gonna be wating couple years for your hearing
' I learned to use a level of violence that I never knew I was capable of' thats some real talk right there.
That statement was sad. Really sad
Keep in mind ppl have spent YEARS in that place only to have charges dropped when they realize they can't force to to accept a plea deal and they have no case/evidence at all
Remember all those people shown were awaiting trial, they hadn't been convicted of anything yet. How is it that they could be treated like that when Serial Killers and mass murderers are just a phone call away from their lawyers if they're denied a tv channel claiming its a violation of their human rights?
100% thanks fore this!!!!!!!
I went to Rikers Island in 1973 for burglary according to the police, all i did was go into a burned out furniture store to look for furniture i can take home, was caught had a $50.00 bail, money my family didn't have, went to Rikers in the 2 weeks i was there i saw so much shit, i begged my brother to get me out of here, i was on 17 yrs old. My brother and his friend pulled an armed robbery at a local business got me out jail, after the case was dismissed i went back to school, graduated HS, joined the Army, did 20 years, retired now disabled veteran 80%, Jail / prison is hell, please stay away from crime, it doesn't pay.
Stop lying 🤥 or I will snitch
Bless you
The system isn’t designed to make you better, it’s only purpose is to make you worse.
Golden Lashon an hour behind I agree
Real Class Exactly what I said, BITCH.
Real Class You’re literally obsessed with me now😌😂
Real Class You’ve been saying the same things over and over, it’s boring actually. I’ll just pray for the few brain cells you have left. God bless you, you need it.
This is only at this moment you realized it ?
My husband spent 8 years in solitary till this day no matter if we're looking good each other in the eyes he'll constantly say "you heard you hear me yo you heard ?" I showed him that part and he just nodded and laughed.
When there are places like this, you can't convince me that this is not HELL ON EARTH.
Go to the prisons in the 3rd world countries where rats crawl over you while you sleep shoulder to shoulder while waiting years and years for trial
Damn.. 4 years in solitary? That’s absolutely insane. I can’t even fathom.
They used Kalief Browder videos getting beat up there for no reason. Just like Korey Wise story Kalief Browder story was so sad too. R.I.P Kalief Browder.
Thinking the same exact thing was actually looking too see if anyone commented on it..
Both of their stories was so heartbreaking what they must have went thru 😢😢😢
Close Knit Community I was only commenting on Korey and Kalief story how and much the justice system failed them and, regardless of what the other ex inmates have done no one deserves that kind of treatment. How Rikers is still operating is mind baffling and, I’m not wearing a Halloween costume that’s my graduation gown.
@@MsTeo91 don't pay him any mind, he's just a racist bitch
Close Knit Community I don’t know what you’re problem is but you need to relax it’s not that deep 😕
Robert Hintons ending broke my heart..he seemed like a decent man happy to have another shot at life.
Stumbled on this. This is probably one of the best videos I’ve seen on RUclips. You can feel the pain these guys went through.
I'm all about people going to jail for breaking the law, but this is ridiculous!!! People are there for minor infractions and to await their court dates all the way up to murder, and they treat them the same way. It ain't right, and I don't know why there was only one of these former inmates that sued them!!!! If enough people sue them for their behavior, it'll bring attention. They'll have no excuses at that point because too many people will be watching. They'll have the fear of being reprimanded and the whole world knowing about it. Something needs to be done about this!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all know shit like this happens in jail, but the problem I have is when jail staff is involved in it. They're not doing their jobs, and they're putting people in danger. They're not playing a minor roll.....fuckin' sickening!!!
@Upscale Club Wow....learn how to spell. I wouldn't make high-and -mighty comments when u can't spell. There isn't a moral court, and not everyone is the same. But if there was a moral court, ud be judged because of ur prejudicial and racial off-the-wall comments. Not everyone in a racial group are the same.
Jay P., dick doctor was there in early 2000s. I saw him too and never got paid either but heard it was only like 150 bucks if you did.
@Upscale Club is right telling off this trashbag city ugly.
Many ignorant comments on here. I spent 8 months at Rikers. It was no joke. It was not fun. I learned my lesson and haven't returned. Not a life to live for anybody.
welcome and yeah... this is the place for all of the ... well what you said !!
Jesus, that must have been crazy. Would you mind sharing what Borough you're from and what the story is?
@@lesterdiamond6190 she's from the bronx and prostitution was what she was In for
@@bleedgreen4221 Thanks, damn 8 months in that hell hole must have been awful.
Why what happen
“You can always check in but you can never really check out.”
I spent from the age of 14 til 32 years old in juvenile centers then county jail then state prison! I did time in Allegheny County in Pittsburgh Pa which is one of the largest co jails under one roof in the us its also one of the most fucked up! Watching this im reminded of how i have ptsd because of incarceration! Reform is needed so bad in our justice system there is no rehabilitation! All forms of abuse happen in our system and it is beyond a mess and its sad its at the expense of humans beings! Im happy to say i made it out and havent been locked up in 7 years after over half my life being locked up! I had to change or the system was gonna kill me!
For those who are saying don't do the crime clearly you didn't listen to the first minute that says 80% haven't even been convicted of a crime. What happened to innocent until proven guilty. This is a jail not a prison.
Ashleyinwonderland You are guilty of being a ghetto slumrag so shut up.
Moral Power k.
Elite Society is right!
RIP Kalief Browder wish you were here with us can’t wait till they close this disgusting place down.
Mak3.Out. Hill man fr
The one guy said it best, “It’s great they are releasing 6,000 inmates from jail but what are you releasing them into”.
I always notice that a lot of these guys are incredibly intelligent and well spoken.
Angela C. Taylor yes they are smh just went down the wrong road! 😥
Cuz they read in jail duh
Keandra Fitzgerald If society would let more of these guys take what they've learned bookwise, let them use that intelligence on the outside, then we could have a successful rehabilitation program and a lot of these guys would be reformed. Sadly, they can't get jobs in corporate America based on their criminal history. These types of background policies need to be reexamined, maybe one day our society will give these people a better chance at success after jailtime.
That's a damn shame how that boy was beat by his own grandmother. A grandmother is the one person you truly feel will love you and then to have his mother take him to the hospital and never come back. Thats just fucked up. He has no ability to be stable. Its a damn shame.
Yeah that's what he says, he's a drug a addict, a freaking junkie, he'll say anything, minimize his situation.
I was on the island at 17 . We it gladiator school then . That place will make a wild animal out of you just because you wanna survive . I know dudes who never made it back home from there ..... They were killed .... It's crazy now that I think about it but it was normal to us ..... Rikers island is a jail but you can stay there for years .... Some prisons can't mount to the island , word.....
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. Of the more than 7,500 people detained at Rikers Island on any given day, almost 80% have not yet been found guilty or innocent of the charges they face. All are at risk in the pervasive culture of violence that forces people to come to terms with what they must do for their own survival. RIKERS: AN AMERICAN JAIL, a riveting new documentary from Bill Moyers, brings you face to face with men and women who have endured incarceration at Rikers Island. Their stories, told direct to camera, vividly describe the cruel arc of the Rikers experience-from the shock of entry, to the extortion and control exercised by other inmates, the oppressive interaction with corrections officers, the beatings and stabbings, the torture of solitary confinement and the many challenges of returning to the outside world.
Way more then 7500 inmates on Rikers. It's upwards of 20,000 or more
maybe they should let everyone ot of prison have a free for all
A lot of these stories need to be shown to the people who think it’s “cool” to go to jail or who don’t care about the consequences of what they do. On the flip side imagine how horrible it is for someone to go to jail for something they didn’t do who would endure all this
sphinx8 I am so glad you did a flip side because this is not about the guilty, it’s about the innocent, even the guilty are still human beings. May God save us in Jesus name.
Is that WHAT Korey and Khalief had to go through??? America is filled with some evil demons.
Korey and Khalif are the same
@Awesome Logic There is projection in your accusation. To demonize others for what is ultimately empathy for suffering, highlights the evil spirit of you.
I called internal affairs to help my brother
@Awesome Logic you are talking pure trash...in this circumstance or any past circumstance regarding this topic is evilness.
I was there in 2000 not a fun place? Trust me when I tell you I’m gonna make sure I’m never going back. I was 17 and I learned my lesson 👊✊ NYC BX
BX Love !
I am a Detroit native and unfortunately have experienced some jail time, nothing too serious but enough to land me in the Wayne county prison system. No surprise being in Detroit it's an extremely violent environment, even more so than others so it was always a
tough stay, no matter how brief. I've lived in NYC for over a decade now, and thank my creator that I have never had to experience this hell-hole. Even hardened criminals have said they would much rather be in Sing Sing or some other long term facility then spend a single night on "the island." We're talking about people who can savagely murder someone without a second thought. That's all the proof I need. This is something I have wanted to research for a long time, and this video is the only one I need. Very informative ❤️🤘
The sneaker account was similar to my first fight in Wayne county. My cellmate stood to the side, but coached me through. He didn't have to tell me his reasoning, and I am glad he did it. It not only boosted my confidence, I discovered the animalistic capability to survive that is gifted us at birth, the dormant courage I never knew I had. It was not only a pivotal moment of my incarceration, but life in general. I never kept in touch with him, and he didn't either which is typical of people being released, either by court order, or to avoid things that remind them of their incarceration.
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Who came here because of junior ?
Me
This is a great documentary. I now understand why people say I will never go back to jail and rather shoot it out with cops and die as opposed to go back to jail. Sad man.
🦅🌸🦅🙏🏽🦅🌸🦅👵🏽👋🏾 Kindly stay free & out of these hell holes! Understand though!
No where else are guns looked upon like their Idols…..I had a Canadian friend in Rikers. I did what I could to help him get out. Just a letter. But after I realized what Rikers was all about. I have never regretted it. Rikers is inhumane.
If you can't do the time, then don't commit the crime. Prison is not supposed to be a nice place.
I worked in department of corrections. For Florida. The level of corruption in rikers is disgusting.... They need to fire every single staff member and start over.... I worked in a prison that was run clean and a inmate could serve his sentence with out walking around with a target on the back. Because the officers did they're job!!! I'm disgusted by the stories no one should go through that level of corruption in a American run facility. Something huge has got to change.
@@captaincaveman3025 there no excuse for this
So you worked around diciplint inmates who were not carpetbaggers like the ones at Rikers? You are a co?
YOU GONNA TELL ME THAT BECAUSE THE GUARDS WERE NOT BAD THAT THE INMATES WERE GOOD AND JUST DID THEIR TIME AND DIDNT FIGHT AND TRY TO KILL EACH OTHER OR TRY TO KILL ANY GUARDS ??????? YOU THINK IM STUPID THERE IS NO PRISON WERE THE INMATES ARE ALL GOOD AND JUST WANT TO DO THEIR TIME IN PEACE!!!!!!!!~ U ARE FULL OF FUCKING SHIT !!!!!
Madam Jewelz, there taking try out auditions at Rikers for the movie=Bride Of Dracula vs.The Spook Face Bitch.
Madam jewelz did you have a relationship with an inmate as a CO? Not judging just curious.
Korey Wise was just a baby and they put him here, an innocent little baby. What the fuck is wrong with these monsters, how could they do that. I wish I could reach out to Korey. He went through hell and I bet he still does every night he must be tormented by these memories. / thanks for all the likes
Real Class no just because we know of two cases of innocent men doesn’t mean we know all. Many in there are innocent and just put in the system and some turn bad and others stay true to their good hearts. You can’t say they are all gritty slumbums or whatever you just called them you don’t know their story.
Rebecca Evangelean I hope every prosecutor and C O and officer that put him in this Hell gets a chance to go to the very same Hell hole
@@fanclubagainstallracesofne8553 I just think your an asshole maybe you should be in there.
This place is terrible the light skin dude with the brown collar said he went in at age 14 and he was jumped his first day. So sad for them all
Worst experience as a civilian worker is when you see a beloved family member on the line.
Full mental health services should be in place. Heartbreaking 💔
I see alot of people in the comments are so self righteous it's sickening.
Awesome Logic fucking racist
I see a lot blaming others for their criminal history.
People who don't commit violent crime have a right to be self-righteous.
@@jgc1077 but what else have you done? Probably alot.
@@poca007 you sound like a bitch
I have watched this documentary so many times...I feel everyone's pain, the guy though, that actually sued, but was ultimately murdered before getting compensated....my Lord...
Thank You,Making this Doc took alot and im still working on the second one currently. But being a activist producing these help in our work to End this system. Your words mean alot Thanks!
that was sad to see...they should shut that prison down..,
@@TheIncarceratedNation I have also watched it several times after hearing about it on vlad tv. I never knew Rikers was this bad. It sounds like a place that would be in a 3rd world country or something. Thank you for sharing your work. When do you think you will put another one out?
Which one was it?? the one with the shades on 😏
@@TheIncarceratedNation Thanks for the documentary ! You did good✌
To all the bros watching this anytime shit pop off any time some one eye balling you anytime someone cut in line say some slick shit to you anytime you get in an arguement anytime you feel threatend on the streets or where ever go home homie go home and wake up free
God bless
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
Interesting, and true.
I heard a prison guard interviewed once who wisely said, "The punishment in prison is not being able to leave." It's not being abused the way these people were. I am always upset when I hear people like the one man who had his addicted mother and grandmother abuse him. That abuse wasn't his fault.
so true. the constitution states that there shall be no cruel & unusual punishment , yet amendments have created the loophole that allows a person to be returned to slavery once arrested.
@@TheIncarceratedNation Agreed. Together, we must end this crisis of forced slavery in inhumane conditions. I am aboard this change.
If I were to imagine how Hell would be, Riker’s Island seems like a good comparison.
Edit: I just read that in 2015, the City settled a lawsuit about inmates being beaten by correction officers for 3.5 million. Then I saw another one written in 2017 that even though changes have been made to the place, violence is still just as bad. I see that there is no solution to the problem.
For all the comments I’ve read that are kind of negative, these people are somebody’s child, parent, sister, brother, etc. but most of all, they are American citizens. It’s disgusting to take advantage of people when they are down. The only thing I know is that We will all face God’s Judgement one day.
Thank you for the video. 🙏❤️
Melissa Abercrombie my son died in prison in 2018 after being in that transfer unit 6 days. It’s 2020 and they have yet to explain what happened to him. I was told 2 different stories about how he passed, which one am I to believe. Neither, because two stories mean there’s a lie somewhere. Then the warden at that time told me “ my son was fighting demons on the inside “, but my son was not depressed.
A1 Confidence oh dear. I’m am so not a fan of H and Markle. That’s kind of funny because I was just watching a Murky Meg video and read your reply. 😂
H and Markle will be judged by God one day. As will I. Sometimes I get this feeling, compassion or empathy, because i would wish for people to feel compassion for my family if I became a Shadythug.
And guess what else? I’m a Trump supporter. Trump 2020🥰
God Bless You 🇺🇸
Stephanie n Erica I’m sorry for your loss. In my state, in my county actually, there have been a lot of inmate deaths being reported in the news. Yes, two stories does seem suspicious. I hope you get your answers and I’m saying a prayer things will work out in the best way possible for you!❤️
Thank you for sharing this documentary. It is very eye opening. I would never defend a guilty man, such persons deserve whatever punishment. However, despite most inmates may be guilty of crimes still none deserve to constantly suffer abuse, torment and violation, especially young men who are innocent. The system is a mess and I hope that persons who continue to perpetuate the cycle will have to answer for it one day.
It's so clear that each of these men have had life altering experiences and deserve to be saluted. Keep going, keep healing, keep progressing!! ...You all survived and are still standing despite ALL that was taken.
God Bless all of these who have made their way to renewed credibility and prosperity. I feel so sad for the man who was fatally shot...damn. Prayers for his family and for all those who continue to struggle... Me and my family included. 💕
Kalief Browder's doco on Netflix brought me here and all I can say is WOW 😥😪😪 RIP KALIEF 💙❤
Yea he was a real one
They should never ever place juveniles into jails or prisons with adults. Its messed up.
I totally agree with you
Nah. If theyre murderers? Fuck em
I think of the Central Park 5... Poor Corey sent to Rikers as a child and to boot, INNOCENT. 😢 all of them were innocent and locked up. Omg I’m bawling just thinking about the hell they endured!!! RIP Kalief Browder ...
Parents teach your children courtesy and basic manners!! How to behave in public, a car, a restaurant, a mall.
DO YOUR JOB
THIS ISNT FUNNY
Dude had a 450k check coming and got shot outside his house 2 days before it came wtf
This shit is crazy makes u rethink your blessings for real