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Al Jazeera on the Bail Bond System

It’s an open secret that the bail and bail bond systems — like other aspects in the criminal justice infrastructure — take a different toll on individuals depending on their ability to pay. When the...

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Armed with Gory Jail Photos, Ex-Prison Guard Hits New York’s Streets and...

“I had buddies that couldn’t take the job and wound up quitting because of the mental abuse and, sometimes, physical abuse,” says Steele. “You could be responding to a fight, not knowing that they’re...

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Pop-Up NY Jail Photo Exhibitor’s New Promo-Vid

Two months ago, I published a conversation with Lorenzo Steele, a former NY City Correctional Officer who now gives community talks and makes pop-up street exhibitions of photographs from during his...

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A Welcome Variety Of Images Accompany Rikers Staff, Prisoner, Volunteer and...

A small, unbreakable tin wall mirror in a solitary cell. Reflection is of a slatted window. Photo: Ashley Gilbertson/VII Photo for New York Magazine. The suicide of Kalief Browder was the latest, most...

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Why No Rikers Island on the NYC Subway Map?

– UPDATE: You can get stickers these ways – SUBTLE, VIOLENT OMISSIONS The ability to ignore the human rights abuse that is mass incarceration is built upon millions of small omissions, denials, and...

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