{"id":16545,"date":"2017-05-06T13:55:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T17:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/rikers\/?page_id=16545"},"modified":"2017-05-10T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T19:49:48","slug":"reporting-mass-incarceration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/rikers\/reporting-mass-incarceration\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting on Mass Incarceration"},"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; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;page-intro&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\u201cRikers is every jail and every jail is Rikers,\u201d said Glenn E. Martin, founder and president of JustLeadershipUSA. 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