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Authors: Ms. Mary E. Buser
Credit: Karen Wise
Mary E. Buser
worked in the Mental Health Department on Rikers Island from 1995 to 2000. She cofounded the Samaritans of New York suicide prevention hotline and served as its first executive director. She is an outspoken advocate against the inhumane treatment of the incarcerated, especially the mentally ill, and those in solitary confinement. She has been published in
The Washington Post
and featured in
The New York Times
and the
NY Daily News
. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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Contents
This is a work of nonfiction. However, except for public officials and institutions, most of the names of individuals and certain of their identifying characteristics have been changed to protect their privacy. In certain instances composites of inmates have been used. Dialogue has been reconstructed to the best of the author's recollection.
LOCKDOWN ON RIKERS.
Copyright © 2015 by Mary E. Buser. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Jacket design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
Jacket photograph © AP Photo/Julie Jacobsen
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Buser, Mary E.
Lockdown on Rikers : shocking stories of abuse and injustice at New York's notorious jail / Mary E. Buser.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-250-07784-4 (hardcover)âISBN 978-1-4668-9016-9 (ebook)
1. Buser, Mary E. 2. JailsâNew York (State)âRikers Island. 3. PrisonersâNew York (State)âRikers Island. 4. Prison administrationâMoral and ethical aspectsâNew York (State)âRikers Island. I. Title.
HV8746.U62N735 2015
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e-ISBN 978-1-4668-9016-9
First Edition: September 2015
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