94A6325: Coming of Age in the Era of Mass Incarceration

In 1994, eighteen-year-old Kirk “Jae” James was a college freshman with no prior record. But he made the mistake of getting caught in the net of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, and for that, the state of New York stole his life. He was denied bail and processed through Rikers Island, where Jae died in a […]