Inside Rikers
Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Penology
| Author: | Jennifer Wynn | ISBN: | 9781429937603 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press | Publication: | July 24, 2002 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jennifer Wynn |
| ISBN: | 9781429937603 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Publication: | July 24, 2002 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press |
| Language: | English |
Rikers Island--just six miles from the Empire State Building--is one of the largest, most complex and most expensive penal institutions in the world, yet most New Yorkers couldn't find it on a map.
Jennifer Wynn, the director of the Fresh Start program at Rikers, takes readers into the jails and then back out-to the communities where her students were born and raised. She chronicles their journeys as they struggle to "go straight" and find respect in a city that fears and rejects them.
Part memoir, part social commentary, Inside Rikers details the author's experiences on Rikers. Wynn offers a compelling portrait of its 18,000 inmates and how Rikers was transformed from one of the most violent jails into one of the safest.
Rikers Island--just six miles from the Empire State Building--is one of the largest, most complex and most expensive penal institutions in the world, yet most New Yorkers couldn't find it on a map.
Jennifer Wynn, the director of the Fresh Start program at Rikers, takes readers into the jails and then back out-to the communities where her students were born and raised. She chronicles their journeys as they struggle to "go straight" and find respect in a city that fears and rejects them.
Part memoir, part social commentary, Inside Rikers details the author's experiences on Rikers. Wynn offers a compelling portrait of its 18,000 inmates and how Rikers was transformed from one of the most violent jails into one of the safest.
