Narrator: Tamika Graham Summary: Tamika Graham is from Staten Island, New York. She was detained at Rikers as a teenager and as an adult. Growing up, she had "one side of the family who's on the good side of the law and ... another side of the family that's on the opposite side of the
Humanities Action Lab · Cheryl Carrington.MP3
Rikers Culture
Medical Care/Neglect
Lifelines
After Rikers
Correction Officers
Title: Stanley Morris, Covid Experience at Rikers Collection: Covid at Rikers Theme: Covid in Confinement Summary: Stanley Morris was incarcerated at Rikers Island when COVID-19 first hit the facility in 2020. We captured his story as part of our oral history program. He describes the inadequate medical care he received at the jail, where he
Title: Stanley Morris, Covid Experience at Rikers (Part 2) Collection: Covid at Rikers Theme: Covid in Confinement Summary: Stanley Morris was incarcerated at Rikers Island when COVID-19 first hit the facility in 2020. We captured his story as part of our oral history program. In this clip, he describes the jail's unsanitary conditions and having
Covid in Confinement
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