Rikers Island: the failure of a “Model” penitentiary
New York City’s Rikers jail complex is gripped by a crisis of legitimacy. Following a series of investigations, it has been denounced as a major symbol of criminal justice dysfunction, with calls for its closure and replacement with new smaller “state of the art” jails. Yet, when it opened, Rikers w...
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| Language: | English |
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2020
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The prison journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 100, Issue: 6, Pages: 687-708 |
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