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Represent NYC: The Bail System and Poverty

At 16, Kalief Browder was accused of stealing a backpack. While maintaining his innocence, he spent three years at Rikers Island because his family couldn't post bail. After his case was dismissed and he was released from prison, the trauma of his prison experience including months of solitary confinement weighed heavily on him, and at 22, he took his own life. Right now over 500,000 people sit in jails across the country because of their inability to pay bail. This Sunday on “Represent NYC,” Manhattan Community Board 10 Chair Brian Benjamin talks with Metropolitan Black Bar Association President Jason Clark, 100 Suits for 100 Men Founder Kevin Livingston and Principal Lawyer David Jeffries about the unjust methods of determining bail and why the system is in desperate need of reform. “Represent NYC” airs every Sunday at 7pm and repeats on Wednesdays at 9pm on MNN1 (TWC 34 & 1995, RCN 82, FiOS 33), MNN's HD Community Channel (TWC 1993) or streaming live on mnn.org. For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network: http://www.mnn.org   / mnn537     / mnn59     / manhattan-neighborhood-network