New York is Building a Skyscraper Jail

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00:00 Intro
01:27 Prisons v Jails
02:08 Chinatown
02:44 The Tombs
04:14 Jail Design
06:33 MCC Chicago
07:50 Protest
08:55 Closing Rikers
10:17 Borough Based Jails
12:41 Too Good to be True?
14:54 What Next?

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