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Kalief Browder (May 25, 1993 – June 6, 2015) was an African American youth from The Bronx, New York, who was held at the Rikers Island jail complex, without trial, between 2010 and 2013 for allegedly stealing a backpack containing valuables.
Jun 7, 2015 · By Jennifer Gonnerman. June 7, 2015. Kalief Browder spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. After he was released, he struggled with mental health, and he...
Mar 15, 2017 · Kalief Browder’s Tragic Death and the Criminal Injustice of Our Bail System. Udi Ofer, Former Director, Justice Division, ACLU National Political and Advocacy Department. March 15, 2017. Over the last two weeks, Americans have revisited the tragic details of the death of 22-year-old Kalief Browder.
Jun 8, 2015 · Kalief Browder, who was arrested at 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack and who spent three years awaiting trial, committed suicide Saturday, two years after his release from Rikers Island.
On June 6, 2015, Kalief Browder took his own life following a brutal wrongful incarceration in New York’s Rikers Island. A year later, on the anniversary of his death, Innocence Project attended his vigil, the Campaign to Shutdown Rikers protest, and interviewed Kalief’s brother Akeem. Like the majority of Rikers Island prisoners, he was ...
Jun 3, 2016 · Kalief Browder, who was arrested at the age of sixteen for stealing a backpack, spent three years awaiting trial on Rikers Island. For almost two of those years, he was held in solitary...
Jun 9, 2015 · June 8, 2015. Kalief Browder was sent to Rikers Island when he was 16 years old, accused of stealing a backpack. Though he never stood trial or was found guilty of any crime, he spent three...
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