Criminal Justice

 

RIKERS: AN AMERICAN JAIL, is a riveting new award-winning documentary from Bill Moyers, brings you face to face with men and women who have endured incarceration at Rikers Island. Their stories, told direct to camera, vividly describe the cruel arc of the Rikers experience -from the shock of entry, to the extortion and control exercised by other inmates, the oppressive interaction with corrections officers, the beatings and stabbings, the torture of solitary confinement and the many challenges of returning to the outside world. (Source: http://rikersfilm.org/synopsis/)

Featured:
Raymond Yu
Benny Custodio
Ralph Nunez (with sunglasses)
Ismael Nazario
Kathy Morse
Tom Lynes
Robert Hinton
And others…..

Assignment:
Choose any one to two questions below. Then, answer the question(s) to the best of your ability

1. If you could ask any person in the film a question, what would you ask and why do you want to know the answer to that particular question?
2. If tomorrow you were having coffee with a friend and they asked you what this film was about, what would you say?
3. Two months from now, what or who do you think you will remember from this film and why?
4. Did anything in the film surprise you? If so, what? Why was it surprising?
5. What insights or new knowledge did you gain from this film? How do you think the new insight might change you?
PLEASE NOTE: Several factors will be considered when assigning grades: organization, spelling and grammar, the strength of your argument, and the use of course concepts in formulating your answer. If you choose to use quotes or ideas from the readings, you must use proper citation methods. The use of citations is mandatory and recommended as “proof” for your decisions. Your answers must be typed; 1-2 pages in length; double spaced; Word format. Handwritten answers are not accepted.

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