When I was at the NY Daily News in 2015, I wrote a story with Reuven Blau bout a woman who got sexually assaulted at #Rikers - and saved a semen-stained shirt as proof.
Two guards were implicated: One was arrested and took a guilty plea in 2017.
Now - SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE FACT - the other has FINALLY been fired.
Here's the story:
That’s horrible. It is.
Not to shove the spotlight away from this particular injustice but what, if any, impact do you think a running list could have on raising awareness on the prevalence of these incidents in U.S. prisons?
There is still such a huge blind spot on all the “unintended consequences” of mass incarceration. In part, because of the deliberate efforts to hide this information from the larger community. 1/2
Baby steps toward holding ourselves accountable for the conditions we, as an “enlightened society” allow to exist inside OUR “correctional facilities.” 2/2
John Davis (he/him)
Keri Blakinger
Wren