Jarrod Shanahan is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Governors State University and the author of dozens of articles, short stories, and zines. He is a former inmate at the Eric M. Taylor Center at Rikers Island.
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Just about everybody knows the name Rikers Island. A fixture of pop culture and underground prison lore alike, the sprawling East River jail complex has become synonymous with both the horrors of mass incarceration and the structurally-racist class domina... SEE MORE