Inside Rikers Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony

Name: Inside Rikers Stories from the World's Largest Penal Colony
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ISBN: 9780312291587

ISBN-10: 0312291582

ISBN-13: 9780312291587

Edition: Revised

Authors: Jennifer Wynn

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Rikers Island-just six miles from the Empire State Building-is one of the largest, most complex and most expensive penal institutions in the world, yet most New Yorkers couldn't find it on a map. Jennifer Wynn, the director of the Fresh Start program at Rikers, takes readers into the jails and then back out-to the communities where her students were born and raised. She chronicles their journeys as they struggle to "go straight" and find respect in a city that fears and rejects them.

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 7/24/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.484



Introduction



Welcome to the Rock



From the Belly of the Beast to the New York Streets



Keepers of the Kept



Convicted at Birth



Successful Escapes



They Keep Coming Back



Strain of Two Cities


Acknowledgments


Resources


Selected Bibliography


Index