St. Francis College to host screening and discussion on ‘Rikers: An American Jail’
May 1 Event Part of College’s Post-Prison Opportunity Program
Thousands of people are now held behind bars at Rikers Island, a jail with a history of violence and abuse, but most of them have not been to trial yet. Mayor Bill de Blasio says he wants to shut it down.
On Monday, May 1 at 6 p.m., the St. Francis College Post-Prison Opportunity will host a premiere screening with the NYU Law School Prisoners’ Rights and Education Project and Johnny Perez, a safe reentry advocate at the Urban Justice Center of the new Bill Moyers film, “Rikers: An American Jail.”