Time: The Kalief Browder Story 2017
127,298. I just need to get my story out. I was going home from a party. There was a guy saying I robbed him. They said, We’re going to take you to the precinct. They said most likely we’re going to let you go home. But then I never went home. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) Time: The Kalief Browder Story I: The System, Netflix 2017, Kalief
127,299. Kalief Browder was 16 when he was arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack. He spent over 1,000 days on Rikers Island. More than 700 of those days in solitary confinement. Kalief had over 30 court dates. His case was ultimately dismissed. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. captions
127,300. You are really a hero. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. Rosie O’Donnell
127,301. Kalief alleges that he was wrongfully arrested by the NYPD, denied a fair and speedy trial by the Bronx District Attorney and was beaten, starved and tortured at Rikers Island. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. caption
127,302. This happens every day. And I feel like it’s got to stop. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. Kalief
127,303. What they’re being punished for is that they don’t have enough money to make bail. That’s their crime. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. Van Jones, author & activist
127,304. It was like hell on Earth. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) Time: The Kalief Browder Story II: The Island, Kalief
127,305. Rikers Island has a predatory population. They’re usually the younger inmates. Those inmates fight, stab, slash, they light people on fire when they’re sleeping. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. Bernard Kerik, former commissioner NYC department of corrections
127,306. Before you know it, the whole house is jumping me. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. Kalief
127,307. A place where beatings are routine while accountability is rare, where a culture of violence endures even while a culture of silence prevails. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. Preet Bharara, US attorney for the southern district of New York
127,308. Inside the Program: Secrets of Sadistic Rikers. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. press article
127,334. Delay after delay after delay when their case had no basis. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) Time: The Kalief Browder Story III: The Bing
127,335. The United Nations defines any period longer than 15 days straight in solitary confinement as ‘torture’, When Kalief was 17, his first extended stay in solitary confinement was over 300 days straight. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid.
127,336. 97% of criminal case are resolved by plea. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. judge
127,337. Being in a Kafkaesque world, a world where you suddenly being taken over by these malevolent forces. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. psychiatrist
127,338. Go down to any hall of justice in any city in America and what you’re gonna see is poor black and brown people lined up going off to prison for doing stuff that rich people are doing every day. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) Time: The Kalief Browder Story IV: The Witness, Van Jones, author & activist
127,339. Kalief attempted suicide 4 more times while at Rikers. Each occasion, he was sent back to solitary confinement. (Miscarriages of Justice & Prison) ibid. caption
127,357. They dismiss the case. 2:00 am they release him. They just gave him a Metro card. Time: The Kalief Browder Story V: Injustice for All
127,358. I felt like I lost my childhood. ibid. Kalief
127,359. In the fall of 2013, Kalief’s story started to spread across local news stations in New York City. ibid. caption
127,362. After an attempted suicide, Kalief underwent psychiatric evaluation at St Barnabas hospital. ibid.
127,363. Kalief was shot point-blank in his neighbourhood escaping with a flesh wound to his abdomen. ibid.
127,364. Kalief spent Christmas in the psych ward at Harlem Hospital. ibid.
127,366. Kalief just thought he was cursed. And he couldn’t overcome his nightmares even when he was back in the Bronx. He may as well be back at Rikers. ibid. attorney
127,367. When I opened the back door I saw him hanging. ibid. mom
127,368. Thank you for trusting me. Time: The Kalief Browder Story VI: The After Life, Rosie O’Donnell text
127,369. Rethinking Solitary Confinement. ibid. Barack Obama op-ed
127,370. He is the face of Truth and Justice. ibid. mom
127,371. Darcel Clark was one of nine judges to preside over Kalief Browder’s robbery case. She allowed the Bronx DA to delay his case for 322 days while he was in solitary confinement. ibid. captions