“Rikers Island is a place where… if you’re not strong, it will destroy you. Honestly speaking, it will definitely destroy you.” -Lorenzo Blakeney

Title: Traumatizing

Collection: Digital Storytelling

Theme: Sexual Assault

Summary: Narrators discuss sexual assault experiences at Rikers, including survivors and witnesses of sexual assault who are both women and men. Taken together, these instances in the interviews express a pervasive fear of sexual assault/harassment.

Narrators: Lorenzo Blakeney, Karren Jaime, Kandra Clark, Davon Woodley, Dwayne Gardner

Creators: Joel Pacheco

Producer: Regina Campbell

Date Created: November 17, 2020

Full interviews for Lorenzo Blakeney, Karren Jaime, Kandra Clark, Davon Woodley, Dwayne Gardner can be accessed here.