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Life and Death in Rikers Island by Homer Venters, former Chief Medical Officer of NYC Jails is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Shining a light on the deadly health consequences of incarceration. Finalist in the PROSE Award for Best Book in Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology by the Association of American Publishers Kalief Browder was 16 when he was arrested in the Bronx for allegedly stealing a backpack. Unable to raise bail and unwilling to plead guilty to a crime he didn't commit, Browder spent three years in New York's infamous Rikers Island jail—two in solitary confinement—while awaiting trial. After his case was dismissed in 2013, Browder returned to his family, haunted by his ordeal. Suffering through the lonely hell of solitary, Browder had been violently attacked by fellow prisoners and corrections officers throughout his incarceration. Consumed with depression, Browder committed suicide in 2015. He was just 22 years old. In Life and Death in Rikers Island , Homer Venters, the former chief medical officer for New York City's jails, explains the profound health risks associated with incarceration. From neglect and sexual abuse to blocked access to care and exposure to brutality, Venters details how jails are designed and run to create new health risks for prisoners—all while forcing doctors a

Who reads Life and Death in Rikers Island?

Author

Homer Venters, former Chief Medical Officer of NYC Jails

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421427362

Category

history

Subjects

Medical, History, Science

Rating

4.2 / 5 (43 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14