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This is one young mans story that is not only horrifying but also preventible. Heres my nightline coanchor byron pitts. Rikers. Reporter for khalif crowder, justice wasnt simply blind, it betrayed him. I felt i was done wrong, i felt something needed to be done. Reporter arrested at age 16 for stealing a backpack two males last night, they took my brother reporter hed spend more than three years at notorious Rikers Island jail. Much of it, 800 days, in solitary confinement. He was never tried. A breakdown of the system that broke him. Im always thinking about jail. Im a mess. Im 21 and inside i feel like im 40. Reporter nightline spoke with crowder in october 2014. Optimistic, earned his ged, started classes at Bronx Community college, pulling a 3. 56 gpa. But the psychological trauma from jail was haunting. Inescapable. Seven months after that nightline interview, Kalief Browder hung himself with an air conditioning cord at his home in the bronx. He was 22. They destroyed my life, my familys life. Reporter the truth of the hellish nightmare he endured inside rikers, crueller than fiction. The harsh reality now being explored in a sixpart spike tv documentary. Time the Kalief Browder story. Produced by the Weinstein Company and jayz. People see his story and realize, man, this is going on. This is not like one case that happened. This is happening a lot. Is this one of those tales, because what happened to him at each stage was so history risk, its so unbelievable though true, that it couldnt happen again . Part of what makes this story so horrific is that its happening every day. And that khalif is one of many, many kids who are experiencing a similar issue. Reporter in life, khalif offered a cautionary tale about the inefficiency of the criminal justice system. In death he became a martyr. I deeply wish we hadnt lost him, but he did not die in vain. Reporter new york city ended solitary confinement for 16 and 17yearolds. Last year new york state passed khalifs law to ensure a speedy trial. President obama penned an op ed citing browders story calling for the end of solitary for juveniles nationwide. Weve seen prophets come in many shapes and forms. Weve seen sometimes tragedy happens to our prophets. Martin luther king. I believe this young man, his story, will save other lives. Reporter adding voices to the beat of jayz, khalifs siblings fighting for justice reform. Calling for the closing of Rikers Island. Why do you think it needs to be shut down . Its ludicrous how we can put human beings behind cables, forget about them, then release them back into society. Its not human. Reporter the Series Features never before seen outtakes captured during nightlines 2014 interview. Tell me when this gets annoying. When your subject is no longer with you, every bit of footage thats ever existed of them becomes that much more significant. Nightline footage really actually helped us tell this story in a way we never would have been able to do. Reporter the docuseries attempts to further humanize khalif through recreations. He gets hit upside the head with a big injustice stick. In that moment he was innocent. And that matters to people. I didnt rob nobody. You didnt . No. Reporter there are rushing deposition tapes and alarming jail security video that made national news. Just 55, browder was an acorn who stood up to oak trees inside rikers. I remember khalif calling me out. He said he wanted to fight me individually. One on one. Mano a mano. You know me. I said, come on, lets fight. Reporter he refused to join a gang so inmates beat him. Guards mocked him. Nobody protecting me. Im by myself. There you have to fight for the phone. You have to fight to be able to sit at the table. You have to fight for people not to take your commissary. You have to fight for any little thing. Reporter the anger, isolation and brutality khalif found in jail would stay with him long after he went home. This is how he releases his anger. Reporter weighing heavily on his friends and family. When he thinks about rikers, he gets really upset. Who was khalif before he went to rikers . He was a normal kid, he was a teenager. When he comes home from rikers, who is he . Soulless. He wasnt the same anymore. He did a lot that resembled him being in jail, which was he used to line up bottles on the windowsill and talk to them. Because that was something he did since he didnt have human contact in jail. It sounds like that even when he was out of rikers, rikers was still in him . Perfectly put, actually. Reporter studies show prolonged stays in solitary confinement can lead to paranoia, hallucinations, irritability, aggression, suicidal thoughts, and emotional breakdowns leading to even greater damage among adolescents whose brains are still developing. I must have took about four, five trips to the box, to solitary equipment. And it wasnt easy. I practically lost my mind. And i feel like i still lost my mind. Sometimes, you know, i feel like i have screws loose, like im never going to be the same. How do you all see his story . Devastating. Its hard to watch. Its hard to hear. Its hard to constantly repeat, to see him go through all of that. Its like he tried to live a normal life in a world where humans failed him. Why do you think this happened to khalif . Is it because he was black, because he was poor, because he had a prior record . I would say the first two that you said nails it. If im an officer on the street, im trained to look at a black and brownskinned person differently than i am to a white person. Reporter after khalifs death, his family would file a 20 million lawsuit against the city of new york and other parties. His mother Vinita Browder spoke with me in 2015. Has anyone apologized to you for li rikers . No. From the Prosecutors Office . No. What do you hope happens now . I want them to be responsible. To admit that it was their fault that my son is dead. He spent three years in hell. It sounds like youre in that hell now. I will be in hell until the day i die. Because i found my son hanging. Its not one person, its a whole system. That destroyed my son. And i want them all to pay. Reporter vinitas hell would end without apology. Last october she died. When khalif hung himself, she couldnt ever recover from it. It sounds like she died of a broken heart. She did, absolutely. I tried to get her help as much as possible. I did. I tried so hard. Even offering to, you know, be with her during any session. I tried really, really hard. I tried. Im sorry. I tried so hard. And its just its okay. Its so hard for me. What do you hope comes out of telling khalifs story . I hope that people understand that khalif is not the only one. We hope that they doesnt happen ever again. And you are mr. Kalief browder, is that correct . Yes. Reporter from the grave, from the screen, Kalief Browder forever a grim reminder justice delayed is justice denied. For him there was neither justice nor peace. I wanted more for myself. I feel like i deserve more. I should have, i dont know reporter for nightline im byron pitts in new york. Time the Kalief Browder story airs wednesday on spike tv. Coming up next this 14yearold music video star just published a memoir. What did you do today . And later applause applause for lady gaga. Why shes joining rupaul on his hit tv show. Applause applause applause grown man now. I dont want to pry. Dad. But have you made a decision . Im going with the 1000 in cash back. My son. A cash man. Dad, are you crying . Nah, just something in my eye. The volkswagen 3 and easy event. Where you can choose one of three easy ways to get a 1000 offer. Hurry in to your volkswagen dealer now and you can get 1000 as an apr bonus, a lease bonus, or cash back. 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The dancer you cant take your eyes off of. In video the greatest. She burst onto the scene at just 11 years old, dancing her heart out in the chandelier music video. The video viewed more than 1. 5 billion times. Since then shes starred in four other videos including cheap thrills. I got you baby when im older i want to look back and go, wow, i got to do so many cool things. Even now at 11 years old, i had like over 1 million views on video. Billion. Yeah. Reporter she may only be 14 years old but today shes got a new memoir called the maddie diaries. Full of stories from life in the spotlight. Hello, everyone. Reporter maddie may be wise beyond her years. But insists shes just like other teen girls. Even though not many have nearly 9 million instagram followers. I feel like a lot of girls that its hard to relate to me because ive done so many cool opportunities. But really im just like everyone else. Reporter maddies rise from pittsburgh to hollywood began when she was 8. These are my daughters maddie and mckenzie. Reporter when she was cast in lifetimes dance moms. A surprise hit. Im an adult. Act like one reporter viewers couldnt get enough of the contentious relationships between coach abby lee miller, her Young Students oh my god, what is mentally wrong with you . Reporter and their mothers. Including maddies momma lisa. Melissa, youre doing your kid an injustice. I guess her take was shes making you better and better and better . Yeah, and i feel like since im such a perfectionist, i want everything to be perfect. Reporter after six seasons, maddie and her sister mckenzie finally left the show. When they told me they didnt want to be on the show anymore, i was happy. I said, no problem. My sister and i were like, thats it. They were finished. Did you ever have that moment where you thought, as a mother, dance moms, this is breaking my daughters spirit . Yeah, my gosh, absolutely. All the time. I was stressed out as a 12yearold. Thats really weird to me. Now i have so much weight off my shoulders. Oh, i can just live my life, do something without worrying and thinking, oh, im going to get yelled at if why this. Now i can do whatever i want. I mean stuff my mom lets me do. Reporter maddie has dance moms to thank for one of the most important relationships in her life with sia. She was a huge fan of the show dance moms. She tweeted me, will you be in my music video . Im just like, thats crazy. Just wanting to wish you a very happy book release day. Grat lation realize youre my very special friend. I love you so much. I just adore you. Tell bus that relationship. The first time i showed her chandelier, the dance, she cried. Ever since then, we were just like best friends. Its weird to think, because we have such a big age gap. But people youre 14, shes in her 40s. Yeah. So people are like, how does that work . But were best friends. She gives me a lot of great lessons in life to make sure that im not overworking or just making sure that im having fun with everything that im doing, which i really appreciate. Reporter but some have criticized maddies dancing in sias videos for being too risque. A then 12yearold maddies performance in elastic hearts with shia labeouf. Were you surprised so many people were so concerned and thought it was so controversial . I think sometimes people have Nothing Better to do than hit behind their computer, their phone, and say mean things about you. I mean, it was a really cool video. Were you concerned with the video with shia . Not at all. No, i think its art. Just like a play. I loved it. Reporter part of the art for sia is concealing her identity. The singer famously hides her face in public, wearing her infamous wig. A lot of the people ask me, have you ever seen her face before . Im like, its not like she walks around with a wig in front of her face every single second of the day. Its only when shes in public and stuff. Shes like the most beautiful person. And i love her so much. Reporter the social media darling is taking her own recognition and building an empire of her own. Hey, everyone. Its maddie. And im reporter from her addictive youtube tutorials to her upcoming movie debut in the book of henry. Youre living the hollywood dream. People say that, youre a celebrity, youre famous. Im like, im really not. I always think of myself, im just a normal kid. Reporter like most teenagers, maddie faces insecurities of her own. Im not as on myself anymore as i used to be. Its okay to get knocked down sometimes. Because it does make you want to work harder the next time around. And also im okay to have imperfections. Im okay with it now. Im okay that i have some flaws. Reporter when you watch any of the sia videos, what you cant help but notice is just how much fun maddie is having. Do some of the crazy pieces you do in some of the videos. Reporter despite dance still being what she loves the most, she says what may be most important is being a role model for her young fans. Do you realize how big of a role model you are . I didnt really realize that until like last year. And there were kids that came up to me and said that they started dancing because of me. There was a girl that said she was going through rough times but then she looked to me and it helped her get through the rough times. Its really cool to think that im like a positive light in peoples lives. Reporter for nightline, im Abbie Boudreau in beverly hills. Next call the paparazzi. Lady gaga and rupaul sharing the same stage. 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