Nearly 9,000 people live in New York City jails each day.
Katherine Fung, Ariama Long, Samantha Maldonado, Kalah Siegel and Shay Urbani spoke to advocates, activists and formerly incarcerated people to gain an understanding of the lives of the incarcerated, what’s changing and what should change.
Click here to take the Q100 bus to Rikers Island.
Meet community members in Mott Haven who are not happy about a proposed jail site that might open when Rikers closes.
Look forward, towards what justice could be, and consider a host of planned and possible reforms.