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The Infamous Rikers Inmate Who Stole Entire Subway Trains
"The funniest thing is, I love the system," he tells us from the notorious New York City jail.
Friday Night Hip-Hop on Rikers Island
Hanging out with teenage inmates as they make beats and write rhymes inside the notorious New York City jail.
How Rikers Island Became the Most Notorious Jail in America
From its origins as an island owned by a slaver to its more recent history of brutality and scandal, Rikers has always been tainted by controversy.
What It's Like to Live with an Ankle Bracelet
The device is, both literally and metaphorically, my greatest source of pain.
The Feds Are Suing New York City Because Rikers Island Is a Hellhole
US Attorney Preet Bharara says Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking too long to reform the notoriously horrific collection of jails.
My Father Was a Terrorist
I spoke to Zak Ebrahim, whose dad helped to mastermind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Centre.
How A Mentally Ill Homeless Man Baked in His Rikers Jail Cell
A mentally ill former Marine, “basically baked to death” in his 6-by-10 cinderblock cell in Rikers Island. How urban jails became default mental hospitals.