Rikers

Bill Moyers Introduces the Film "Rikers"

Bill Moyers and his colleagues add another dimension to the media coverage of Rikers jail --- ranked among the country's ten worst jails --- by listening to some of the people who were incarcerated there tell their stories. The documentary is told solely from the perspective of former detainees. Moyers warns, "Some of the scenes are shocking. Some of the language is raw. But this is Rikers."

Bill Moyers Introduces the Film "Rikers"

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    Rikers: What's Next? A Conversation

    28m 35s

    Bill Moyers explores the costs, concerns and benefits of closing Rikers Island Jail and the proposed new vision for NYC criminal justice with experts: Johnny Perez, Dir of U.S. Prison Program, Nat’l Religious Campaign Against Torture; Michael Jacobson, Fmr NYC Corrections Commissioner now Dir, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance; and Stanley Richards, EVP the Fortune Society.

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    Rikers

    56m 40s

    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.

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