| Edition |
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 203 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Rikers Island -- Imprisonment -- The justice architects -- The incarcerated -- Law enforcement -- An "award-winning" jail -- The bureaucrats -- The neighbors -- The prison abolitionists -- The future. |
| Summary |
This riveting blend of on-the-ground reporting and sweeping social and architectural history discusses the decision to close Rikers Island and what it will really mean for reformists, justice architects, abolitionists, city government officials, prison guards and the incarcerated themselves. |
| Subject |
Correctional institutions -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island.
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Prisoners -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island.
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Prisons -- New York (State) -- Rikers Island.
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Rikers Island (N.Y.)
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| ISBN |
9781982193911 (hardcover) : $28.00 |
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1982193913 (hardcover) |
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