Rikers: An Oral History [Audiobook]
English | ASIN: B09YKG394F | 2023 | 15 hours and 37 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 398 MB

A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it. What happens when you pack almost a dozen jails, bulging at the seams with society's cast-offs, onto a spit of landfill purposefully hidden from public view? Prize-winning journalists Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau have spent two years interviewing more than 130 people comprising a broad cross section of lives touched by New York City's Rikers Island prison complex—from incarcerated people and their relatives, to officers, lawyers, and commissioners, with stories spanning the 1970s to the present day. The portrait that emerges calls into question the very nature of justice in America. Offering a 360-degree view inside the country's largest detention complex, the deeply personal accounts—featured here for the first time—take listeners on a harrowing journey into every corner of Rikers, a failed society unto itself that reflects society's failings as a whole.