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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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2020
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| En: |
The prison journal
Año: 2020, Volumen: 100, Número: 6, Páginas: 687-708 |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-7522 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0032885520968238 |
