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Life and death in Rikers Island /

Kalief Browder was 16 when he was arrested in the Bronx for allegedly stealing a backpack. Unable to raise bail and unwilling to plead guilty to a crime he didn't commit, Browder spent three years in New York's infamous Rikers Island jail "two in solitary confinement"while awaiti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Venters, Homer, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dying in jail : Carlos Mercado and Angel Ramirez
  • Injury and violence
  • Solitary confinement
  • Serious mental illness in jail
  • Human rights and correctional health
  • Race : Keleif Browder
  • Sexual assault on Rikers : Maria and Brianna
  • Correctional health
  • Transparency and governance
  • What to do with Rikers.