Rikers
2016
AN AMERICAN JAIL
This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience – from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.
Cast
Bill Moyers
Host
Tariq Barnes
Self
Barry Campbell
Hector Custodio
Candie Hailey-Means
Robert Hinton
Kathy Morse
Five Mualimm-Ak
Ismael Nazario
Marcell Neal
Ralph Nuñez
Damian Stapleton
Raymond Yu
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