Rest In Heaven Khalif Browder 🙏🏿🕊 Rikers Island treated him unfairly and did 3 years there for no reason & ended up being innocent the whole time. When he came home he just wasn’t the same person he was at 18 & took his life at 23. I’ll never forget him

@Josue-cm5yi

2 жыл бұрын

Khalif Browder experience the Wickedness of this world, how cruel people in power can be, Rest easy Brother 🙏🏼

@andyubvfuijnnb

2 жыл бұрын

Rip🙏

@DARE2DREAMTYNU

2 жыл бұрын

I will always remember this story... So sad🙏🏾🙏🏾

@kenstewart7700

2 жыл бұрын

I mean why? He had to of gotten a nice settlement

@jesusg853

2 жыл бұрын

Boo hoo

Wow.. I didn't expect the two people who were high level employees at rikers to be so honest and forthcoming .. this weirdly made me feel more hopeful for humanity

@user-zv7jq7hq1p

7 ай бұрын

please. such BS ... dont like the jail, don't break the law.

@AshishSharma-tf7hx

6 ай бұрын

​@@user-zv7jq7hq1plol if ya really think you need to break the law to land in prison... You just do not know jackshit about policing 🤣

@Loku242

5 ай бұрын

The fact that it had zero effect apart from that same model of neglect and sadism is the standard for prisons in America. Apparently they're all like that now. I have zero hope for humanity, because we take a crisis and expand upon it to make it profitable at the cost of countless lives. Riker's is a death camp, it is still a death camp, and it is still being used to put innocent people with fingers crossed that they die before a judge can see them, let alone order release.

@kishascape

2 ай бұрын

Union boss belongs in that jail himself.

@drewdurant3835

Ай бұрын

We’re still effed

Not making court? That is crazy. Weren't the judges wondering why incarcerated defendants didn't show up in their court rooms?

World would be a whole lot nicer if humans just respected each other.

@harrisa6235

2 жыл бұрын

@Austin Would be a whole lot nice if the Prison-Industrial Complex didn't exist in America!!

@baldbarber4642

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great. But there will always be bad guys/girls. Period.

@gregoryfuzi4745

2 жыл бұрын

You would get a thumbs up brother but there's enough curruption at the top of the court system.

@mikesbigtank6015

2 жыл бұрын

Can't do the time don't do the crime!!! If those prisoners respected people they wouldn't be there!!! No mercy!!

@raulcasas4548

2 жыл бұрын

Rehearsed answers

A lot of people will say don’t commit crimes but you have to understand their are innocent people there too who have yet to be convicted . NY has a slow court system and people sit in jail for years awaiting trial just to have the case dropped . Not everyone in jail has been convicted .

@rebeccaabel4589

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t the city have a separate correctional facility where non violent offenders could be placed while awaiting trial.. ? Why would you place a non violent such as drug offenders with violent offenders. .?

@bigbangbobby

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaabel4589 no they don’t . Everyone goes to rikers .

@samueldavis5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaabel4589 no!🤣🤦🏾‍♂️

@charliec.3518

2 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaabel4589 ill give you a hint It makes violent offenders out of non violent offenders, violent offenders typically do more time, more time means more funding, more funding means more money that can be skimmed off the top, more money skimmed off the top, happy prison owner.

@casserole2406

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZmWlI-Fpa-wibQ.html

Rikers Island isn't the only place like this

@johnnys3499

2 жыл бұрын

Rikers is the most dangerous and painful jail complex in America

@robertgarrett3980

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly just about every country jail in country is like this.

@joejohnson2478

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnys3499 not really!

@themidwestexplorers5370

2 жыл бұрын

heres an idea dont be a criminal lmao

@mase002

2 жыл бұрын

@@themidwestexplorers5370 you dont have to be a criminal to go to jail dude. These people havent even had a trial.

Love how the blame is just passed around.

@thisismyrealname2860

Жыл бұрын

Considering guards only show up two out of three days, I'd say we can start by blaming them for one third

@russellknippel1877

8 ай бұрын

It's called "Progressivism".

@kishascape

2 ай бұрын

@@russellknippel1877 That's what you get with Union Labor.

For the 3% of those that are there unfairly, I feel for you. For those that harmed someone and ended up here, welcome home.

@V1KTOR33

2 жыл бұрын

3%? You think New York City has a 97% conviction rate?

@charlieramz3126

2 жыл бұрын

@@V1KTOR33 You don’t understand numbers. That doesn’t imply a conviction rate percentage. The conviction rate can be 40% for all we know but of THOSE, is what my statement refers to.

@clementmckenzie7041

2 жыл бұрын

You don't get it, most people at Rikers have never been convicted of any crime. Most never will be. The average detainee at Rikers will be incarcerated there for a year and a half before they ever see a preliminary trail judge to get a hearing date. many if convicted receive sentences for less time than they have already served waiting to go to trial. So if you are not rich the NYC justice system works like this. Be accused of a crime, get arrested, go to jail, serve your sentence and then go to court to be adjudicated guilty or innocent. If guilty go straight home from court because you have already over served your adjudicated sentence. All of which is totally unconstitutional yet the city and state get away with it. Because the victims of the system are poor.

@matt8847

Жыл бұрын

@@charlieramz3126 doesn't mean they are innocent, a case getting dropped doesn't mean they didn't do anything wrong

@drybizcuit1914

Жыл бұрын

3% lol ya right try 10%

"A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its prisoners." Fyodor Dostoevsky

@D.W.G.

Жыл бұрын

"Dont brake the law repeatedly if you dont like jail" -Normal law abiding tax payer.

@kingjoe3rd

Жыл бұрын

@@D.W.G. "Dear, D Gore plese learn how to spell words correctly" - any 5th grade educated person

@D.W.G.

Жыл бұрын

@@kingjoe3rd You forgot a period you moron🤣

@D.W.G.

Жыл бұрын

@@kingjoe3rdYou grew up on food stamps, relax...Go out and apply for a job.🤣

@teratism.1

3 ай бұрын

you're illiterate lol@@D.W.G.

If conditions are inhumane for inmates, they’re inhumane for COs, too.

@princesssprinklesthecat4192

2 жыл бұрын

But the COs deserve it more

@dmoney8493

2 жыл бұрын

The cos do their shift and go home😂😂🤨

@arandomguy46

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chiraq-773 You clearly don't understand that abusing and inhumane conditions won't lower crime. Our recidivism rate is over 50 percent, and the conditions in prisons are so bad that the UN issued the United States an inhumane prison conditions violation. Prisons like Norway prisons which focus on rehabilitation had much lower recidivism rates at about 20 percent, these prisons are much more humane. Just look at pictures of Norway prisons to see what they look like and then compare them to United States prisons.

@user-ok5fb2sw3d

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chiraq-773 It clearly isnt working since most inmates reoffend. Treating every criminal like an animal is foolish

@user-ok5fb2sw3d

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chiraq-773 yep

Neither employees or inmates should have to worry about losing their life or being victims of horrible violence. When even the guards are saying the place is inhumane, that says something.

@yesic7196

Жыл бұрын

True

@michaeldineenSG2018

10 ай бұрын

Guards are a big part of reason it's so bad.

Thank you for the honesty. I hope something changes

I know people who worked there who would had rather been in the military on the front lines during war time. The inmates, system and staff will break you down.

This prison is the reason why crime is so rampant in New York. This prison so handedly created these monsters and then put them back in society. These men became worse criminals after experiencing rikers Island than before they went in. You want to talk about the cause of crime and poverty and violence in our city? You can point the finger right at our justice department. There is no kind of control or understanding of how to house these prisoners and keep them from becoming worse prisoners.

@Nik-gh6gz

2 жыл бұрын

That makes no sense, most of the street criminals are not ex Inmates of rikers

@dane4073

2 жыл бұрын

How about instead never relaes them. This should be a life prison Then never give family's the bodys if they have 100+ year sentence bary them on grounds and only after there time is up they can be dug up and sent to family

@joejohnson2478

2 жыл бұрын

Blame the prison and not the behavior of the criminal that ended up there. Rikers Island would be 100 safe if inmates were kept locked in cells and not free to roam around attending activities like they are in a college campus. Rikers Island is safer than any housing project in the hood and these inmates know it.

@zodiac31081

2 жыл бұрын

Well you think you can do better go apply and work there. Being a former corrections officers in Texas these people literally throw urine, feces, seman, or whatever. These guys are scum.

@joejohnson2478

2 жыл бұрын

@@zodiac31081 How many years did you put in?

Who would have thought? People who act like animals on the streets would act like even worse animals once locked up together.

Nobody even criminals (by the way criminals are humans not animals), don't deserve to live like this.

I dont feel safe in the street imagine this.........

@themidwestexplorers5370

2 жыл бұрын

they made the choice to go there they werent forced they went there by choice.

@Williambrown89014

28 күн бұрын

People make mistakes no one is perfect

In other words : a third world country prison system...

@redsable6119

2 жыл бұрын

Most inmates in the entire world..

@themidwestexplorers5370

2 жыл бұрын

imo i think people should be able to hire prisoners to work for them for 1$ a hour like say you a small business and lack the funds of paying normal wages you can hire a prisoner for dirt cheap to get your funds up to hire real people overall helping our economy

Don’t commit crimes and don’t go to jail. If people keep their hands off other people’s bodies and property they can stay out of jail

@FloridaCatholicGuy

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn’t matter what someone did or is accused of…they should be treated humanely. Most of these people in jail haven’t even been convicted of anything. Most of the people in jail will be getting released at some point, which means they will be back out on the street and in your neighborhood. Would you rather have someone who was treated humanely on your streets, or someone who has lived like an animal while inside?

@limoguy333

2 жыл бұрын

There should be basic human decency for people. And innocent until proven guilty isn't really the case in this country because people can end up in jail for years before getting a trial. And falsely accused people do end up in jail.

@williamwilson6499

2 жыл бұрын

Someday you’ll grow up and you’ll realize life isn’t so black and white.

@tawananewton7629

11 ай бұрын

You should know what you're talkin about because half of the people that sing it can't even make bail and don't even have crimes I've been convicted for doing things that they don't know so come again when you think you going to say something I hope it ain't your family member or your childhood end up in there

@tawananewton7629

11 ай бұрын

Get educated before you start making comments about people being prisoners in black people in dlatinos know that okay do your homework

County/ City jails everywhere are known for being worse than any prison. Imagine being on trial and not being able to make bail or no bail and spending what could turn into years in there.

@hezzi2330

Жыл бұрын

Definitely don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time plain and simple

@mandrakejohnson5004

Жыл бұрын

Big fuckry I’m a Jamaican by the way

@domkulesa2107

Жыл бұрын

@@hezzi2330 County jail is primarily for people who were ACCUSED of a crime , meaning they still haven’t been found guilty or innocent yet & are presumed innocent until proven guilty. What doesn’t make sense is if these people are presumed innocent then why are they stuck living in such horrible conditions awaiting trial? County jails are literally worse than prison & prison is where majority of the people that go are actually GUILTY.

@user-ye9bc7nw2c

Жыл бұрын

@@hezzi2330 moron

Turn up to work and be assaulted and not given the tools and security you need to be safe as you do your job? Yes, I think this can lead to high absenteeism.

@Ro1o

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely, but i think the point he is trying to make is that anyone with unlimited overtime is likely to abuse it at some point in some manner. this is honestly just one piece thats wrong with the whole puzzle. cant have poor living conditions and over crowding. thats definitely management and higher ups on that one

@dlivex9492

2 жыл бұрын

When you hear that this island that houses more prisons than any other prison on every state in the U.S having poor conditions over crowding,Thats to show that their is no maintenance their to fix up the prison or even upgraded ones in a while,Obviously it doesn't have to look pretty it's just needs to look nice and clean with no paint pulling off.They shouldn't have to let any prisons rot like that which the ones that are rotted should be shutdown and build a better prison that can at least help people which needs a behavior class and give them a inside community job that can keep them busy and obviously a T.V so the inmates won't go crazy with out one and let them outside to let them walk around and play basketball besides being in a little cage bring outside doing nothing. America prisons shouldn't be like a third world country.

@jrgomez7995

2 жыл бұрын

So don’t do it and get another job

@clementmckenzie7041

2 жыл бұрын

yeah its not that simple. Guards at Rikers use their sick time to work part time security jobs. Its part of the NYC union grift mentality. The union is going to go to bat for you no matter what. They have negotiated a system designed to be easily abused so they do. However because they abuse the system it creates the safety issues that they then complain about and paying both overtime to the guards that do show up to cover for the guards that don't plus the sick pay for the guards scamming the system puts a strain on the budget leading to shortfalls for tools and repairs that they complain make doing the job less safe. The poor conditions caused by all the scamming keeps the inmates, some of them actually dangerous, in a constant state of agitation, the heat, the jail is not actually air conditioned in most inmate areas, lack of food and fear for their safety do to a lack of supervision creates an atmosphere of abuse leading to frequent inmate outburst creating higher than usual assaults Its a perfect circle.

@yesic7196

Жыл бұрын

​@Jr Gomez they should be able to work anywhere without getting assaulted.

I went to San Diego county jail for 5 days before i could make bail and it was the worse thing i’ve ever experienced. They had 5 of us sleeping in a 2 bunk cell, CO’s barely ever came into the unit and when they did it was to apprehend somebody. Jail is not for anybody who has a conscience and that’s just what it is.

@kaylajeronimo5862

2 жыл бұрын

You should just stay out of trouble my boy . Would of never happened if you just behave lmao

@arturocamaney9235

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylajeronimo5862 Yeah, because people are NEVER wrongfully arrested

@craigwilliams6863

2 жыл бұрын

@Hunter Bidens Laptop 💻 SMH..DONT GET CAUGHT SLIPPING MY FRIEND OR NOT 🚭🚫

@ph11p3540

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylajeronimo5862 You do know that the US has by far the highest rate of wrongful arrests and corrupt police of any modern G7 country. Even Japans "you are guilty until proven innocent" policy arrest and incarceration is far lower than the US.

@amp4105

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaylajeronimo5862 you could hit someone with your car any day and go to prison.

The level of civilization of a country can be measured by how it treats its prisoners.

Correctional officers don't wanna deal with being physically abused and under paid. One officer per 50 people is extremely dangerous.

@NazriB

Жыл бұрын

Lies again? Remember The Name Hotel California

Don't sleep on this. Half the people locked up shouldn't be. Just a big business to make more $$.

@jl8754

2 жыл бұрын

Yep and Michael Jordan is apart of it. The irony 😂😂

@Qiturah801

2 жыл бұрын

Half? Lol, I see folks think their opinions are facts now. Do some real research you’d be surprised to see how low the numbers are. The victims don’t lie, they’re real, they exist, and they suffer because people like u who vote for politicians that share your views and do nothing to address the criminals. They’re in rikers for a reason these crimes aren’t made up, and the increase in violence on the streets of nyc aren’t made up either.

@themidwestexplorers5370

2 жыл бұрын

imo i think people should be able to hire prisoners to work for them for 1$ a hour like say you a small business and lack the funds of paying normal wages you can hire a prisoner for dirt cheap to get your funds up to hire real people overall helping our economy

@michaeljordan1982

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. This guy said half lol. Maybe 1%

@OGXDream

2 жыл бұрын

@@jl8754 Its a different Michael Jordan though. Not MJ the ball player

how about letting go of the weed dealers now that its legal

@k333rl

2 жыл бұрын

federally it's not legal.

@dmand26

2 жыл бұрын

They did mostly house violent offenders I.e murder

@k333rl

2 жыл бұрын

@C. Maurice it still holds felons awaiting federal trials and extradition to penitentiaries.

Thanks NBC for this.

Let's all pretend to be shocked that government officials and employees are completely incompetent.

@casserole2406

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iZmWlI-Fpa-wibQ.html

@bigvito9008

Жыл бұрын

Biden's America

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time...you think it was going to be a 5 star Island?!?!

@deontaylor1547

2 жыл бұрын

Be that as it may they still have to fix that

@dwindlefoddl7225

2 жыл бұрын

@@deontaylor1547 And where exactly does it say that?!

@deontaylor1547

2 жыл бұрын

@@dwindlefoddl7225 j Just as a human. It doesn't make sense to run a facility in that manner. If we use your logic they should all just be put to death instead of going to trial

@dwindlefoddl7225

2 жыл бұрын

@@deontaylor1547 You aren't in jail to have fun...or live a life better then your victims

@deontaylor1547

2 жыл бұрын

@@dwindlefoddl7225 You don't get it. Every crime doesn't even have a human victim lol. No worries man. Take care

the whole facility seems to be unfit - overcrowded, improperly maintained - to say the least. what kind of outcome do you expect from all that?

Pretty simple … don’t be a criminal and you don’t have to go here

@scottsears5545

Ай бұрын

Very true or leave new york city period

Bro when I was there, we had over 50 girls in one room all sleeping on the floor and that was back in 2016. The alarms went off so many times a day and the COs would be doin reckless stuff against inmates every time.

@mnkwazi

2 жыл бұрын

Emilia it must have smelled lovely.

@davidm.1934

2 жыл бұрын

Smelling like a can of sardines lol

@BabyMango

2 жыл бұрын

We had only 6 shower heads, that’s all ima say 🥸

@joejohnson2478

Жыл бұрын

@@davidm.1934 many cats on Rikers drawn there.

Murderers & rapists forfeited any human rights when they stopped being human.

I feel sad for those wrongfully convicted. These guys aren't even convicted yet. When you get out you become worse mentally and if you weren't a criminal before you sure have a high probability of becoming one when you get out just because of your experience in there. So sad...

@babyblu5590

4 ай бұрын

@@derekprospero Thanks for this input. Very sad indeed. Doesn't really help anyone. More self-serving at times.

High ups of course blaming the “staff” for their own incompetence. I’d call out too if I most likely would get killed on the job under those conditions

@LMentertainAUS

9 ай бұрын

then dont do the job?

Arent they getting doctor's evaluations and leave requested by a doctor? Just call in sick? Wow, I want a contract like that.

@Here4dogVids

2 жыл бұрын

Come do the job then

@anonymous-od8do

2 жыл бұрын

Preach.

@ylyl7118

2 жыл бұрын

Put the union in charge.

@Synthwave89

2 жыл бұрын

@@Here4dogVids He can just call in sick. Or not.

@Here4dogVids

2 жыл бұрын

@Kira what kinda drugs are you on? I’m gonna go ahead and guess your from a Midwest state and moved to Brooklyn while mommmy and dAddy pay your rent

We’ve known Rikers has been like this for years. They need to take the L transfer the inmates and restructure the funds to other facilities….. that or rebuild a new facility. Rikers needs to be scrapped though.

@zodiac31081

2 жыл бұрын

Why? Can't deal with it don't do the crime.

@benderisgreat95able

2 жыл бұрын

@@zodiac31081, that's no place to wait for a trial... I'm guessing you're one of those GOP hypocrites always praising US freedom? Can't be accused of anything without waiting for 14 months at Rikers before you get to talk to a defense lawyer?

@ConnerOfRS

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe one day we can try out autonomous guards on prisoners before we bring them into society.

@StoneCoolds

2 жыл бұрын

Demolishing a building does nothing other than propaganda, carandiru and many others around latin america are good examples, it changes nothing The solution would be to built 3 system of temporary incarceration: Tier one: non violent crimes facility for people awaiting for trial Tier two: drug crimes and mild violent crimes like arm robbery Tier three: violent crimes, gang related crimes, orginized crime etc In all facilities discipline should be EXTREME, with people in solitary cells, conversation btwn inmates strictly forbidden and a tight schedule from 5 am to 10pm, 1 meal a day 2 mins of free time a day and mild force labour, tier one could be in soft forced labour only Once condemn everyone is sent to their respective tier prisons and everything said previously its kept, the only change is that all tiers go into hard forced labour Also violent crimes time should increase to make sure once they get out, they are elderly and on their way out

@chrisloukota9449

2 жыл бұрын

@@zodiac31081 What about the innocent people there? Wrongly accused, have to be put there then found innocent in court? U would take that statement back if it were to happen to u.

The ultimate irony . . . . a guy who committed inhumane crimes calling Rikers inhumane.

As someone who's never been to Rikers, I can confirm everything they're saying is true.

@FeelR4nge

Жыл бұрын

You'll fit in with every person in the comment section.

@joejohnson2478

Жыл бұрын

@@FeelR4nge lol.

@aquariusfreeman1925

Жыл бұрын

​@@FeelR4nge 🤣🤣🤣

@aquariusfreeman1925

Жыл бұрын

Facts

At this point implementing huge amount of tech into prisons is the only way to save them

@Cabledeluz1977

2 жыл бұрын

The Union President was asked how to fix the problem. De Blasio cut the budget to prevent hiring more CO’s, medical staff and to repair infrastructure. Didn’t you watch the clip? Lol

As someone who has many friends in LE, the biggest issue with many prisons is lack of professionalism amongst the staff. You can't run a well-controlled, disciplined establishment if your staff does whatever they want. Corrections officers need to be paid better, trained better but held to a much higher standard of conduct with much more severe penalties for failing to meet that standard. And from a friend who works at Riker's, yes, staff abusing sick leave was very much a thing. He had been there for six months as a CO in 2021 and said that the abuse of sick leave existed both before and after the new contract and that it was so widespread that CO's would joke about it. Discipline is critical in LE, the military or any similar job field. His opinion, going there as a CO after six years in the Army, was that there was a complete lack of discipline and accountability amongst the staff. The problem is, how do we hope to have inmates that will be rehabilitated if there isn't basic discipline and accountability amongst the corrections staff overseeing them?

@DonnellOkafor-pd7yn

2 ай бұрын

The majority of the staff are Hispanic and blk. Whenever that's the case, these problems arise. You have to commit an extremely violent crime to be sent here, due to the extremely lax enforcement and catch and release policies. For that reason alone, l don't care that someone who has victimized other ppl is treated harshly in jail

@josephgriffin2388

2 ай бұрын

Because Americans don't have the stomach for what ACTUALLY works: -- LABIR CAMPS -- CHAIN GANGS PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE!!! ....90% sucess rate guaranteed!!

Don’t break the law and require going to jail.

Just hand over Riker Island to the Military Police. They have the numbers & strength to deal with convicts.

@redsable6119

2 жыл бұрын

That does nothing for the overcrowding...

@mker5697

2 жыл бұрын

I swear I been saying this. Give them a bonus to start and I assume it would get better

*End the drug war!* Stop incarcerating non-violent drug offenders! Prison's should be housing those that pose a serious threat to the general public! This would shrink the population by a large margin.

@WillIngram08

2 жыл бұрын

@@itsFsmitty what?

@itsFsmitty

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillIngram08 i recant my statement.

@ringostarr2625

2 жыл бұрын

U got any weed for sale?

@that.ll_do_pig

2 жыл бұрын

Which would shrink money lining the pockets of those at the top. It's always about the money

@WillIngram08

2 жыл бұрын

@@that.ll_do_pig Absolutely

Prison system is very corrupt makes me sick

R.I.P Khalif Browder 🤍 When I heard about and researched his story and seen him in clips that's when I knew he was too good for and too much of a sensitive soul for a place like that. He didn't deserve going there and it did him wrong and the people that falsely accused and jailed him have to live with that and have his blood on there hands..systematic racism is real and as alive these days although better as it was in past years. I don't know what else we can do to make it better than protest and let it be known and give it to God and pray in Jesus name🙏🏼🕊️

@M4RC.G82

8 ай бұрын

This should be pinged.. I just googled it and wow … no wonder why the rikers CO’s DONT SAY ANYTHING

What do you mean 1000 officers were back to work? I don't believe their salaries were ever stopped. City should sue for the money stolen through these absent officers.

@uptownscenery9175

Жыл бұрын

that's how vicious and dangerous it was for the C.O.s they also should of been getting counseling. you could only mentally and physically survive in that place for so long seeing the violence and being pressured to participate the illegal activity due to fear. And that goes for the people awaiting trial for all levels of charges

Yup. Being behind bars sucks. It is always going to...........

@notanindianscammer7594

3 ай бұрын

That's not the point

Who would show up to work in a place where you have to potentially watch 50 gang members by yourself, maybe get assaulted, the ones who assaulted you have no detterents, then you get disciplined for being assaulted, then at the end of your shift when you think you can go home to recharge you are told "we are short staffed so you have to do another 8 hour shift" and this is your life everyday for 22 1/2 years. No wonder so many quit.

Years ago I knew a corrections officer from Rikers, he gave me several confiscated shanks.

Rikers should be closed ASAP!

Who WOULDN'T take sick leave, if their safety is in jeopardy on a daily basis?

It’s sad. The issue is general public have many issues that are more important like healthcare and education. Prison reform is low on everyone’s list except those that have experienced it. There’s little empathy there

Something needs to be done!! I am surprised no inmates, Correctional Officers or Family Members have brought a Lawsuit against The City yet!!

@misanthrope4life584

2 жыл бұрын

Something should be done? Well go in there yourself and do something about it. I could fukn care less unless someone is falsely imprisoned

@sarah_lee5150

2 жыл бұрын

There was a lawsuit from an inmate. He was killed right after the settlement.

@Jay212digo

2 жыл бұрын

There tons of lawsuits against the city

@pauldiam0nd

2 жыл бұрын

There have been MANY Lawsuits over the years/Decades

@masskilla469

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarah_lee5150 Yes he killed himself. He spent 3 years in Rikers Island and was beaten by Guards and other inmates and it was all documented with Video.

The other problem is and probably this is the biggest one, you need to back the offices, You also need supervisors that are not going to abuse and take advantage of their rank , There needs to be an understatement with the inmates they mess up they Assault staff And there’s heavy consequences to pay.

@WayneLynch69

Жыл бұрын

Bernard Kerik brought judges out and charged for every felony committed within the prison. The assaults were worse when Kerik took over in 1992...he brought felonious assault down from over 1,500 a month to less than 20. It could work, but not by having inmates run the asylum

@WrigleyFan

Жыл бұрын

You’re asking for the ability to assault COs, without penalty? 😂😂

I truly feel bad for some of the inmates. The system is broken. For a simple shoplifting charge it's a minimum of five years.

@mrbane8721

4 ай бұрын

NYC doesn't prosecute shoplifters. It's the D.A. policy not to.

Just ask yourself why they were there in the first place. Saints they are not.

@MDDLFNGZ2YA

2 жыл бұрын

And I'm certain you are one

This needs systemic change from the ground up. Almost literally. First, most of the people in Rikers have yet to see their day in court. They cannot afford bail, which is targeting low-income and black and latino communities. Second, even some inmates serving time are doing so after being convicted of nonviolent crimes, including drug crimes. Third, let's not forget the scarily high percentage of people who are wrongly convicted. Yes, there needs to be renovations done in the complex. Yes, we need more staffing and assurances that will ensure there will not be a staff shortage at any given time. But first and foremost, we need to fix our criminal justice system that targets low-income POC, redefine sentencing for nonviolent crimes and drug crimes, and give everyone their day in court before being sent to one of the worst prisons in America. Guaranteed half of those inmates don't belong there.

@Qiturah801

2 жыл бұрын

Done already, everything you mentioned has been addressed in bail reform that went into effect in 2020. Only people in rikers are the ones that committed violent felonies ie : murderers, rapists, assaultive individuals, those in possession of drugs, high ranking gang members, now idk about u but the average person doesn’t care if they don’t make bail because they need to be off the streets. The percentage of persons wrongfully accused is extremely LOW, I wish people when stating their opinions consider the facts as well as the victims. So yes we need rikers reformed into clean state of the art facilities with REAL accountability and penalties for these dangerous crooks housed there, they’re too idle they need work not video games to keep them busy.

@phoenixluk

2 жыл бұрын

@@Qiturah801I'm sorry, did we watch the same video? Also, like I said, people with non-violent related crimes should not be there, including drug possession and theft. You should look at the facts regarding how many white people are incarcerated vs POC and who is able to pay bail and the percentage of white people vs POC are convicted. And what are the prison sentences for the same crime because I bet you it's different. Also the number of wrongly convicted people are mostly POC who had no evidence against them except an racist criminal justice system.

@Qiturah801

2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixluk we absolutely did watch the same video, what I’m trying to understand is why YOU think someone shouldn’t be placed in jail because they’re a poc. Idk what ethnicity the criminal is, they need to go to jail, idk if they can’t post bail that’s the consequence of being a criminal. Can’t pay the bail, do the time, don’t do the crime. Now once again, the only people housed in rulers are VIOLENT offenders, do u live under a rock or out of state, there’s literally blatant theft everywhere without consequence nor jail for the thieves, however the ones suffering are the employees who are losing their jobs and the businesses that can’t afford to stay open. But hey U advocate for criminals so you obviously don’t care. If they’re wrongfully accused then they’re released then paid. Majority of crime committed are done in black and brown communities, we are suffering at the hands of gangs, we don’t need soft handed approaches

@destiny2572

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@joejohnson2478

2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixluk Regardless of whether or not low income people are housed at Rikers is missing the point completely. Perhaps if they didn't commit the crime they wouldn't go there. Many actually live better at Rikers than from many of the projects they came from.

I spent a 4th of July at Rikers with Benji....kool dude..glad to see you out

I went through the Academy in California and my instructor told us the prison runs as smoothly as the inmates want it to….

Just maintain a large enough, well-trained staff to handle the prisoners and segregate violent offenders from other people because, clearly, they can't control their aggressive tendencies. Non-violent offenders shouldn't even be incarcerated. There are other ways to deal with them that would penalize them for their actions with- out destroying their lives. It's hard to believe things had to degenerate to the extent that they have !? Doestoyvsky said: "The degree of civilization in a Society can be judged by entering it's prisons" ....

@chrisandrews414

2 жыл бұрын

They don't pay prison guard enough

@josephyodiceyodice5990

2 жыл бұрын

I Agree ! Part of the reason for almost ALL of our social problems is that most of the money in our society ends up in the hands of a tiny percentage of the people. They live in unimaginable comfort and security and the vast majority have to struggle to get by. But that's a whole other topic for discussion.

@NeverGoFullRetard415

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephyodiceyodice5990 that's actually not true.. but that's for another day..

@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu

2 жыл бұрын

the violent should have been immediately euthanised

@clementmckenzie7041

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisandrews414 oh no that is not true in NYC. In the city those are reasonably well paid union jobs, with full benefits. The issue is the way the contracts are structured you would have to be a fool or overtly dedicated not to abuse the workplace system. NYC Prison guards typically use their unlimited paid sick time to work second jobs in private security. Everybody knows about it. This means that the guards who do come to work normally get hella overtime covering for the guards who are out scamming. So you got scamming guards getting paid twice and other guards making time and a half for every hour over thirty hours. Its institutionalized grift

They clearly know the system is completely broken & Everyone knows it Rikers need to be closed! & they need a whole new system of doing things and re training they need more activities and rehabilitation something has to be done

@taika2

2 жыл бұрын

where is the rehab for the victims ?

@joejohnson2478

Жыл бұрын

@@taika2 You my friend are not only spot on but make way too much sense for many of the idiots here that care more about these criminals.

Many people don't even know this is a jail and not a prison because of how long people stay there

Jesus. This would be unacceptable in any country in the world. In America it is an utter disgrace. Shameful.

on one hand he said they weren't abusing sick time and at the end of the show they made a point of saying officers are starting to work normal hours since the new guy took over. maybe the union rep wants to revise his answer...

@Balltime88

2 жыл бұрын

He won’t do that lest the corruption of unions and their deals become too obvious.

It’s made for scums of the earth that’s what prison is supposed to be not a luxury apartment

@taika2

2 жыл бұрын

preach…. you have my vote….

@marleenarose6197

Жыл бұрын

its a jail, not a prison. a lot of these people have not been convicted yet. also, prison and jail are supposed to be about REHABILITATION, not creating worse criminals

I was both a guard and a prisoner here on several different occasions.

They have been talking about this for years and yet nothing has been done

very true NYC has some of the most inhumane prison conditions in america. the pictures in the beginning really resonate to anyone who has been incarcerated in this city. i was in a holding cell with 10 other women and "HELP ME" "THEY STARVING US" was scratched into the walls

@joejohnson2478

Жыл бұрын

@Donnell Okafor You are correct. That fool worries more about the criminals than the damage they left to their victims! A real fool!!!

@tommycasidy3031

4 ай бұрын

I'm sure all of you were innocent

If the environment is so bad there why doesn’t this inspire people too do what’s right and NOT to go there.

@shogunzftw7655

2 жыл бұрын

These alot of innocent people in there I say we put some politicians in there for a few years and see how fast it changes

@shogunzftw7655

2 жыл бұрын

@Truth Teller have you ever been to jail

@alexxchavezee

2 жыл бұрын

Because when you're a product of poverty and see no escape, maybe you're not thinking the most clearly. It's nice to sit on your privileged throne and throw shade at people that never had your blessings. Have you ever been so poor your family couldn't afford heat, water or food? Have you ever been so poor for 2+ decades you'd do anything for a morsel of comfort?

@WrigleyFan

Жыл бұрын

@@shogunzftw7655 Hopefully not. You see, it’s not a normal part of growing up for so people. Meanwhile, an other specific group of people glorify it, like some “right of passage”, that’s just another stop, or the way to the “corner store” 🤷‍♂️

@WrigleyFan

Жыл бұрын

@@alexxchavezee Maybe the black community should expect more from their men….but, I don’t wanna sit here and give advice of anything 😂😂😂

So what are they not providing the staff that makes them feel so powerless that they call in sick all the time? I didn't hear any information shared regarding that.

Offering "unlimited" anything in a contract is stupid

That Union president sounds like a piece of work

@JosepGee

2 жыл бұрын

Can smell the douchness through the screen

This is absolutely ridiculous ! Please poor men living in such conditions ! I think we should just let them all out as soon as possible ! I think they'll be fine additions to society ! We will never know unless we try !

UNBELIEVABLE

jail is always inhumane. anyone that's been to a county jail will tell you that.

If people keep doing this to prisoners, when they get out they will be more angry and oppressed. Will commit more extreme crimes. Or worse, bring about a child with that same perspective repeating history all over again at an extreme level. Similar to what we are seeing now in cities like NY and Philly where random crimes are getting to an extreme.

@reddeadryan78

2 жыл бұрын

We have prisons full of drug users and dealers, victims of the war on drugs. America has more prisons and jails than all countries combined, in some cases its a business as there are privately owned prisons. Even micheal Jordan has stakes in one.

@markpalavosvrahotes5575

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I hate there is abuse in jails and prisons and that includes all criminals.

@joejohnson2478

Жыл бұрын

@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 You want Correction staff and strangers correct the bad parenting and upbringing these people got! Totally Ridiculous.

@markpalavosvrahotes5575

Жыл бұрын

@@joejohnson2478 That was not what I meant.

@markpalavosvrahotes5575

Жыл бұрын

@@joejohnson2478 Well I’m glad they made it better. 30 to 40 arrests? 6 arrests before doing any time. Wow. I guess they usually get a fine or probation the first few times. In most cases I mean.

That's where you send wild uncontrollable animals!!!

@eleventy-seven

Жыл бұрын

Yes I know, Rudy, Trump, and buddies should all be locked in there.

Riker's is a prison within a jail within a fight club with no staff

as soon as he said union contract i was like oh makes sense

We so need a well-enforced eugenics program...

@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu

2 жыл бұрын

we once did-worked great

Don’t feel sorry for any of them! Don’t break the law. Kind of funny that you break the law then you complain about your accommodations. 🙄

You would think this would make people not want to be criminals

Tell her everything she said is easier said than done

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time! These men/criminals are often inhumane and cruel to their victims and deserve this treatment! It's the only way they will change. They have no compassion for others!

yet after spending time here, the crooks go on to commit more crimes. Must be like a Hilton., because many go back. Don't commit crimes and you won't see the insides of Rikers.

@beautydefined1601

2 жыл бұрын

Did you miss the part where it says many of the people there are innocent?

@matthewparker4101

2 жыл бұрын

@@beautydefined1601 i saw that, yet question random people picked up and put in Rikers? odd indeed

@joejohnson2478

2 жыл бұрын

@@beautydefined1601 You wouldn't think that if your mother was attacked by one of these crabs. We should worry about the victims instead of these dregs who are living their preferred lifestyle of crime and violence.

@beautydefined1601

2 жыл бұрын

@@joejohnson2478 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” -Dr. MLK

@joejohnson2478

2 жыл бұрын

@@beautydefined1601 The biggest injustice that's going on is called The Great Reset.

People are dying here in Maine in small ,few hundred inmate, County jails ......from lack of staffing....mental health needs..substance use disorder.....I can't imagine cities like NY,Philly,LA,Atlanta.....our correctional systems need HELP

@josephgriffin2388

2 ай бұрын

PUT THE CRIMINALS TO WORK!! -- labor camps -- chain gangs -- nice pink jumpers -- PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE ....these things bring actual justice. ANYTHING ELSE...is a failure.

Obey the law. Don’t go to jail. Simple. And besides jail isn’t meant to be comfortable.

Funny how you say everybody in Rikers Island is innocent into proven guilty but yet you do not have that outlook on the people arrested for January 6 which are not even allowed to have Lawyer’s

"The correction officers abusing the system..." We need to understand that police is running the complete justice system.

@drewjohnson4794

Жыл бұрын

That's a lie. The police do what the politicians let them do. Democrats make the police into the Democrat police department. Democrats run it like this because they want More criminals because that's how they get their votes, by terrorizing the public. Republican get in and try and clean up the mess and people like you cry fowl. You are brainwashed and sick in the head. In other words this is partly your fault for believing tv actors about politics.

0:06 looks similar to the housing projects in NY from above. I don't think that's by coincidence

This is exactly like Metro in Mobile AL

Are we supposed to feel bad for them ?? They should have thought about this before they committed the crime! Atleast they are still living ...many victims lost their lives..and family members lost their loved ones due to these criminals! I rather use city budget to help homeless mental health.

@repsforjesus6720

2 жыл бұрын

Alot of people in prison are waiting for their court date.... Can't afford bail.

@thereIsaidit123

2 жыл бұрын

@@repsforjesus6720 booo hooo ...trust me, if you are a law abiding citizen...you wouldnt be a candidate to be in jail.

I understand that the conditions at Rikers are very bad, but honestly the system in general is broken and in my opinion the experience for people getting incarcerated should be unpleasant. It needs to make a negative impact so that people never come back. But in most situation conditions in many places are not bad at all, they have tree meals a day, water, a place to sleep, they event get to go to programs and get their GED. At the end they go back out just to be arrested gain couple of months later. Imagine things are bad are Rikers and still we see people getting out and committing crimes again resulting in individual going back into the prison. I just don't understand the amount of time and money they try to spend on people that in the majority of cases will not change and will do whatever it takes to get away with their crimes.

@user-xz4all

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, the prison system in all countries of the world is a significant source of recidivism. The idea of ​​concentrating prison-criminals together is bad. Ideally, the offender should be only alone with himself and nature (without fire and electricity, only all-season clothing and a sleeping bag).

Don't be a criminal. Plain and simple.

what's ironic. is that folks that complain about the sink not working behind the previous inmate that turned the water pipe into a shank breaking the sink

This comment section is full of people who forget the purpose of a correctional facility. To safely house people as the correct their behavior. You can't torture and neglect people and expect their behavior to improve.

These guys deserve better treatment. They are great people. Its so unfair. They really deserve the best living conditions we can give them. Top priority.

@brianrivera8742

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe not the best but normal living conditions I mean you are there to be rehabilitated so you can go back into society and become hopefully a productive citizen who has something to contribute I don’t understand the point of taking someone from a bad situation and putting them in her if not as bad a worse situation and then expect and then to go back into society and do the right thing I think it does the opposite and makes them worse possibly

@taika2

2 жыл бұрын

ok so what about the victims….i dare you to walk up to someone who has lost a love one to a violent crimanal and see what your response will be…..

@patrkbukly

2 жыл бұрын

@@taika2 I was being sarcastic. I can't believe anyone is spending a single breath of air considering inmates conditions. Thats the point of jail, you are not supposed to want to be there.

Thank God I only went to Rikers Twice to visit a cousin that was 31 years ago

Jeez he looks like a every day guy u would see at a law firm or a nice restaurant worker not knowing he was in prison it just shows u can look very classy and be a convict and not even know the person next to u just got out