Sources

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Ep298 Rikers Island Crimes Sources:

Lucy:

https://www.britannica.com/place/Rikers-Island

https://www.citysignal.com/rikers-island-history/

https://rikers.cityofnewyork.us/

https://gothamist.com/news/rikers-images-shower-cages-poor-conditions

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/nyregion/rikers-jail-violence-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com/article/rikers-deaths-jail.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikers_Island

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/18/704424675/former-physician-at-rikers-island-exposes-health-risks-of-incarceration

 

Kenyon:

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/28/archives/7-inmates-escape-from-rikers-island-but-two-are-recaptured-clinging.html?smid=url-share

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/03/12/archives/7-prisoners-escape-from-rikers-but-5-are-recaptured-escaped-during.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-nyc-rikers-christopher-buggs-caught-20210416-l6muusb3vrfqfmsaprgva446pm-story.html

https://nypost.com/2021/06/16/inmate-mistakenly-released-from-rikers-returned-next-day/

https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/6/22/23179271/nyc-doc-keeping-shut-rikers-building

https://nypost.com/2022/06/17/nyc-closing-rikers-island-facility-over-staffing-crisis/

https://www.renewablerikers.org/legislation

 

Amanda:

https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/black-lives-matter-eliminating-racial-inequity-in-the-criminal-justice-system/

https://www.themarshallproject.org

https://www.prisonpolicy.org

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/nyregion/kalief-browder-held-at-rikers-island-for-3-years-without-trial-commits-suicide.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyregion/kalief-browder-settlement-lawsuit.html

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kalief-browder-1993-2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalief_Browder