https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Incarceration-Human-Rights-and-Health-Life-and-Death-in-Rikers-Island.html https://metropolitics.org/Incarceration-Human-Rights-and-Health-Life-and-Death-in-Rikers-Island.html 2019-06-25T05:00:00Z text/html en Tawana Anthony prison incarceration human rights health health risks New York United States Rikers Island <p>Tawana Anthony applauds Homer Venters' Life and Death in Rikers Island for exposing the institutional indifference to human rights that pervades Rikers Island, but notes that the book is silent on the structural changes in both the corrections and healthcare systems that would lead to significant and durable improvements. <br class='autobr' /> Homer Venters, a member of Physicians for Human Rights and former head of Correctional Health Services in New York City, uses a human-rights perspective to examine</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Reviews-.html" rel="directory">Reviews</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-prison-+.html" rel="tag">prison</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-incarceration-+.html" rel="tag">incarceration</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-human-rights-+.html" rel="tag">human rights</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-health-+.html" rel="tag">health</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-health-risks-+.html" rel="tag">health risks</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-New-York-+.html" rel="tag">New York</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-United-States-+.html" rel="tag">United States</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Rikers-Island-+.html" rel="tag">Rikers Island</a>