{"id":15980,"date":"2016-11-07T11:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T16:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rikersfilm.org\/?page_id=15980"},"modified":"2017-05-06T12:41:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T16:41:22","slug":"reactions-to-rikers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/rikers\/reactions-to-rikers\/","title":{"rendered":"Reactions to the Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;45&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;page-intro&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489509034184{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Criminal justice activists, experts and authors are making their opinions known on RIKERS. 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Very powerful. RIKERS: AN AMERICAN JAIL shows a highly organized system of violence, where people are treated like they are less than human and leave detention more badly damaged than when they entered. How does this make us more safe?<\/h5><\/blockquote>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;blockquote-name&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1489509838182{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michelle Alexander<\/p>\n<p class=\"blockquote-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Professor and Author of <em>The New Jim Crow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<a  itemprop=\"url\" href=\"\/wnet\/rikers\/michelle-alexander\/\" target=\"_self\"  class=\"qbutton  center default\" style=\"font-style: normal; margin: 20px 0px 0px 0px; \">Alexander's Reflections on Incarceration<i class=\"qode_icon_font_awesome fa fa-volume-up qode_button_icon_element\" style=\"\" ><\/i><\/a>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<blockquote class=' with_quote_icon' style=''><i class='fa fa-quote-right pull-left' style=''><\/i><h5 class='blockquote-text' style=''>I've visited two hundred correction facilities around the country and I can tell you, Rikers is every jail; and every jail is Rikers. I've never seen a film like this before\u2014it is the raw truth of what it is like to be on Rikers Island. As someone who spent time on Rikers as a young person, I found that every single story rang true to me.<\/h5><\/blockquote>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;blockquote-name&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Glenn E. 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At the Fortune Society, we have always raised up the voices of the incarcerated. As mass incarceration is now being challenged from many directions, we know this powerful film will help us advocate for reform of our criminal justice system.<\/h5><\/blockquote>[\/qode_elements_holder_item][\/qode_elements_holder][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;reactions-quote&#8221;][vc_column][qode_elements_holder number_of_columns=&#8221;two_columns&#8221; columns_proportion=&#8221;66_33&#8243;][qode_elements_holder_item vertical_alignment=&#8221;middle&#8221; advanced_animations=&#8221;no&#8221;]<blockquote class=' with_quote_icon' style=''><i class='fa fa-quote-right pull-left' style=''><\/i><h5 class='blockquote-text' style=''>There is nothing quite as powerful as seeing and hearing the firsthand accounts of people who have spent time at Rikers. 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