New York City’s infamous jail Rikers Island houses nearly 7,000 detainees. Chefs, not inmates, do the cooking. And while they’re on their shift, the chefs are locked inside, too. There are cameras everywhere, monitored from the guard’s office. Dull knives are chained to heavy machinery. Can lids slide into a locked cage. Spoons are locked up in the office. Inside Rikers’ kitchens, there’s a delicate balance between the chefs, the guards, and the inmates who wash the dishes.
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00:00 – Intro
01:19 – What is Rikers Island?
01:40 – Security Measures in the Jail Kitchens
03:39 – Detainees in the Kitchen // An interview With a Detainee
04:11 – Detainees’ Wages
05:23 – No Salt in Rikers Food
05:40 – Commissary Ramen
06:50 – Who Supplies Rikers’ Food?
07:48 – $19 Million Food Bill
08:13 – Is the Food Good?
08:57 – History of Rikers’ Food
10:38 – Moving Food to Housing Units
11:43 – Officers & Inmates’ Delicate Relationships
13:39 – Serving Up Lunch
14:20 – Meals in Court
15:08 – Rikers Is Closing
16:08 – New Vegetarian Menu
17:33 – Credits
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not me, it’s pathetic how inmates think it should be a Holiday Inn. Try being in a Russian prison or Japanese, yall got it too good in the USA
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@toasterj3643 Trump thinks you’re all just monkeys.
Feed them dog food it’s what they are worth
You don’t speak for all black people nor is your opinion in the majority. You man Trump won’t have your back if ICE picked you off the street
Cooks, I think you mean Cooks not chefs 😂
yeah, the staff is not eating that.
Feed them just bread and eggs create a documentary about it and observe how the crime rate go down
People like Ms. Nadine, only serving year and half, does not seem risky to work in the kitchen. Put the non-risky inmates to work and farm their own food. This outsourcing is only making people, top to bottom, wealthy.
the fact that women get less food is so weird.
Some do not deserve respect. But this oopion is coming from a father of a murdered child.
Having a self sustainable garden n live stock would be so economical and beneficial for all something about growing your own food its good for the soul im sure inmates would be very appreciative of the freshness its unbelievable this isn’t a thing at all facilities
Wow, so Free People cook the food and it’s still nasty😒 can’t be friends with inmates because you know why they are there, so you have to treat them as s*** as well?🤔 Once a follower you are always a follower🖕🏿.. free my people 💯❤️
I was sentenced to two years on Rikers Island. That place will change a person‘s mind forever.😢
No wonder they don’t mind committing crimes, they eat better than homeless people on the streets.
“I want to feel like I matter” Yeah not after you give away your rights
“We should have a choice” yeah you had all choices but you ended up there.
Dont go to jail you dont need to worry abiut the food so dont complain lol
Yup keffe and Bob Barker were the two big things in the system