Lockdown on Rikers
Subtitle: shocking stories of abuse and injustice at New York's notorious jail
By: Mary E. Buser
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781250077844
Subjects: Prisoners; Prison administration; Jails
Description: "A revelatory depiction of life behind bars at Riker's Island by a former Assistant Mental Health Unit Chief describes how she became motivated to help mistreated prisoners before the horrors of everyday abuses compelled her to leave, "--Novelist.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Lockdown on Rikers; title: Epilogue; title: Glossary of Terms; title: Acknowledgments.