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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Autor principal: Mooney, Jayne (Autor)
Otros Autores: Shanahan, Jarrod
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
En: The prison journal
Año: 2020, Volumen: 100, Número: 6, Páginas: 687-708
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Jails
New York City
Penal Reform
Penitentiaries
Prisons
Rikers Island
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Sumario: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 was hailed as a “model” facility, at the cutting edge of prison design and prisoner rehabilitation. To elucidate the present situation, we provide a focus on the under-explored history of New York City’s penal institutions.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/0032885520968238