KGO Nightline September 6, 2016
This is a special edition of nightline. Hidden america inside Rikers Island. Good evening. Im rebecca jarvis. Tonight diane sawyer takes us inside new yorks Rikers Island jail complex with unprecedented access. We meet the commissioner seeking to restore humanity to the broken system. Just last week adding new Safety Measures to protect city jail staff. Another look at this special report. Reporter come with us to Rikers Island, the biggest jail complex in america, a place haunted by its violent history. 8,000 inmates living in a kind of suspension, a shadow world. If you can survive Rikers Is...