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Title Lockdown on Rikers : shocking stories of abuse and injustice at New York's notorious jail / Mary E. Buser.
Author Buser, Mary E.
Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, [2015]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  365.97 BUS    Check Shelves
Description xii, 275 pages ; 25 cm
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Summary A revelatory depiction of life behind bars at Riker's Island by a former Assistant Mental Health Unit Chief describes how she became motivated to help mistreated prisoners before the horrors of everyday abuses compelled her to leave.
Subject Buser, Mary E.
Jails -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island.
Prisoners -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island.
Prison administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island.
ISBN 9781250077844 : $26.99
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