Rikers

Rikers

AN AMERICAN JAIL

2016 en 70 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

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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Cast

Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers

Host

Tariq Barnes

Tariq Barnes

Self

Barry Campbell

Barry Campbell

Hector Custodio

Hector Custodio

Candie Hailey-Means

Candie Hailey-Means

Robert Hinton

Robert Hinton

Kathy Morse

Kathy Morse

Five Mualimm-Ak

Five Mualimm-Ak

Ismael Nazario

Ismael Nazario

Marcell Neal

Marcell Neal

Ralph Nuñez

Ralph Nuñez

Damian Stapleton

Damian Stapleton

Raymond Yu

Raymond Yu

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