“…there should be a hope system involved in Rikers Island. Because when you leave there, you leave there without a hope. You leave there feeling scared… You go in scared and you leave scared, which is ridiculous.” -Karren Jaime

Title: After Leaving Rikers

Collection: Digital Storytelling

Theme: After Rikers

Summary: What happens when you are released – receiving a metro card and no other resources, housing, jobs, etc. Some narrators talk about how their time at Rikers contributes to what kind of work they do now.

Narrators: Tamika Graham, Natasha White, Stanley Morris, Karren Jaime, Harvey Murphy

Creators: Nicole-Elvina Emechebe

Producer: Regina Campbell

Date Created: May 20, 2021

Full interviews for Tamika Graham, Natasha White, Stanley Morris, Karren Jaime, Harvey Murphy can be accessed here.