These Walls - The Battle for Rikers Island and the Future of America's Jails

"This riveting blend of on-the-ground reporting and sweeping social and architectural history discusses the decision to close Rikers Island and what it will really mean for reformists, justice architects, abolitionists, city government officials, prison guards and the incarcerated themselves."--

About the author

Eva Fedderly’s investigative reporting has been published in Architectural Digest, New York magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, Esquire, and Courthouse News, where she reported hundreds of news-breaking stories on the American legal system. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard University, and lives in New York City and New Orleans. These Walls is her first book. 

Product details

• Authors: Eva Fedderly
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2024
• EAN: 9781982193911
• ISBN: 978-1-9821-9391-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Urban & municipal planning, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Urban and municipal planning and policy