Rikers
This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the
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Rikers High
A look at the students and teachers of 'Island Academy' the high school for inmates of Riker's Island. The largest correctional facility in North America.
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
Actor John Leguizamo performs his play Ghetto Klown at Rikers Island prison inspiring justice-involved young men to reflect openly on their own lives and the serious challenges of incarceration.
The Riker's Ghost
A convict set for release is forced to break a terrorist out of prison.
John Leguizamo Live at Rikers
Actor John Leguizamo performs his playGhetto Klown at Rikers Island prison inspiring justice-involved young men to reflect openly on their own lives and the serious challenges of incarceration.
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
If you're arrested in New York City and can't make bail, you'll 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, com
Beautiful Humans: Creative Arts Therapy on Rikers
Filmed at Rikers Island jail in NYC, this is the first time dance and music therapy sessions on Rikers have ever been recorded. The film documents creative arts therapy sessions on the island, with individuals detained a
Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.
A view of Riker's Island and its landfill, filmed from a passing boat on 9 May 1903. While heavy steam powered construction equipment construct a sea wall, nearby garbage scows are unloaded by steam shovel.
Shackles
An aspiring teacher (Hughley) takes the one job he's offered, a position at a school inside a prison.