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Stage mass sick out and students have walked out of classes. Then to Rikers Island prison in new york. The adolescence in rikers are walled off from the public. Theyre not walled off from the constitution. Indeed, most of these young men are pretrial detainees, presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will look at how a 16yearold High School Sophomore from the bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at Rikers Island after he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. Even though he was never convicted, the team spent nearly 800 days that is about two years and solitary confinement. And we will look at how one county in mississippi is being sued for holding prisoners for nearly a year without formal charge or access to an attorney. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. O ....
Teaching about civil disobedience students and , teachers respond with acts of civil disobedience of their own. Classes have been canceled twice in Jefferson County as teachers stage mass sick out and students have walked out of classes. Then to Rikers Island prison in new york. The adolescence in rikers are walled off from the public. Theyre not walled off from the constitution. Indeed, most of these young men are pretrial detainees, presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will look at how a 16yearold High School Sophomore from the bronx ended up spending nearly three years locked up at Rikers Island after he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. Even though he was never convicted, the team spent nearly 800 days that is about two years and solitary c ....