New York City Shuts Down Rikers Island- What Now?
Last week, Thursday, in NYC, emotions were high, tension was explosive and decisions were made to build four new jails and to close...
Solitary Confinement— No Place for Children, or Anyone for that Matter
When he came home after three years on Rikers Island, NY, and two years spent in solitary confinement, Kalief Browder was changed. He was...
The Chief News w/Report on Closure of Rikers w/Akeem Browder
A forum on Rikers Island’s future that pitted law-enforcement professionals against prison reformers Nov. 14 was contentious and...
AKEEM'S MOVEMENT THOUGHS
As state repression and racial tensions continue escalating locally and nationally [especially with Pres. Trump in office], the stakes...