I don't know if you've forgotten his name. But he was unjustly accused of stealing a back pack. As I recall there was a bad eyewitness I D. Because his family was poor, he couldn't afford bail* for 3 years... after he refused to take a plea for something he didn't do.
*only 12% of defendants could afford bail at the time.
So young he was assaulted and beaten by other prisoners and prison guards both, while at Rikers. Authorities wound up keeping away from the general prison population (but not the guards, as I recall) via putting him solitary confinement -- which crushes people psychologically. And the didn't do it for a week or so at a time, which is bad enough. They kept him there for best part of 2 years.
Browder killed himself shortly after being released.
One year plus one day later, after having discoered her son's hanging body his mother Venida Browder was also dead (of a broken heart).
Kalief Browder's story is one of the saddest prison stories you'll ever hear.
Read More: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-kalief-browder-young-man-who-killed-himself-after-jail-n962466? The original story is within the link below: https://blackchickrocked.blogspot.com/2018/05/kalief-browder-regarding-poverty-prison.html
Read More: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-kalief-browder-young-man-who-killed-himself-after-jail-n962466? The original story is within the link below: https://blackchickrocked.blogspot.com/2018/05/kalief-browder-regarding-poverty-prison.html
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