Rikers : An American Jail / Schumann Media Center, Inc..

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 no...

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Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor), Schumann Media Center, Inc. (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Schumann Media Center, Inc., [2016]
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Corrections.
Crime.
Juvenile delinquency.
Courts.
Social service > Sociological aspects.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (56 min., 40 sec)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
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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.
Note:Originally released by Schumann Media Center, Inc., 2016.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 11, 2017.
Interest Grade Level:
9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
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