Keyword: rikers

Time: The Kalief Browder Story

8.5

2017

TV

HD

After his arrest at age 16, Kalief Browder fought the system and prevailed, despite unthinkable circumstances. He became an American hero.

Lock Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island

6.5

1994

Movie

HD

Documentary about the Rikers Island prison. If youre arrested in New York City and cant make bail, youll be sent to Rikers Island--a mammoth holding facility for 17,000 men and women awaiting trial. TV journalist Jon Alpert spent ten months filming there, coming away with a graphic and unblinking portrait of life inside Americas largest jail complex, including a moving look at the human faces behind the statistics.