Rachael Bedard: former Rikers Island doctor details emergency at jail complex
You Decide with Errol Louis
English - March 31, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 152 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture ny1 nyc culture errol errollouis newyork newyorkcity politics youdecidewitherrollouis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Amid a spiraling humanitarian catastrophe on Rikers Island, a doctor shares her experience taking care of the sickest and oldest detainees at the city’s largest jail complex. Dr. Rachael Bedard joined Errol Louis to explain why she sees the COVID-19 pandemic as a missed opportunity to reimagine the city’s approach to criminal justice and permanently reduce the inmate population. While her disillusionment ultimately led her to leave her job on Rikers, she’s still fighting to protect the rights of those behind bars as a research fellow at the “Institute to End Mass Incarceration.”
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