Kalief Browder Case Summary

In New York, 2010, Kalief Browder was arrested for allegedly committing a robbery that he said he did not commit. However, he was still charged with robbery, grand larceny, and assault. The judge set bail at three thousand dollars, an amount that Browder’s family could not pay and unfortunately, he was sent to Rikers Island where he spent over a thousand days. He was assaulted by officers, inmates, and was also constantly sent to solitary confinement for nearly two years during his time at Rikers Island (Gonnerman, 2014). Kalief Browder attempted suicide many times when he was in solitary confinement. After being released, he tried to get back on his feet within society. His case was heard by many people, including Barack Obama, Jay Z, and other well-known individuals. All of them spoke about the injustice Browder faced. However, on June 06, 2015, Browder committed suicide (Gonnerman, 2015). Many people believed that the criminal justice system failed Browder. Unfortunately, this is not the only case in which the outcome was heartbreaking.

Kalief Browder, born May 25, 1993 was a member of the Generation Y cohort. The generation Y cohort group can be defined as those born between 1980 and 1995. As stated in the Wiki article on Kalief Browder, Browder was only 16 years old at the time of his arrest and was in stage 5 Identity vs Role Confusion, of Erikson’s theory of social-emotional development. This stage occurs between the ages of 12 and 26. During this time, society expects adolescents to be responsible and are held accountable like adults. Though Browder did not commit the crime he was accused of he was held accountable like an adult and received the same punishments. Also noted, adolescents are beginning to define who they are by experimenting with various roles. During

The population of adolescents imprisoned in the jail is about 500 inmates. Out of the population, 51% were diagnosed with mental illness in 2013. In 2012, there were reports that 44% of teens were found to be under subject of force by the staff. There were roughly 126 cases of inmates of all ages that were injured during in 2013. Officers struck adolescences at alarming rates in the head and face. Even if inmates did nothing wrong, they would be taken into isolated areas for beatings to avoid video cameras. Radios, walls, and batons and broomsticks were used to beat inmates. One case was a student fell asleep in class and was taken and beaten so hard that the teacher could hear him cry and pleading for his mother. A police investigation was conducted. The officers were not identified (Weiser 2014). The criticism of the civil right injustice at the prison continues after the suicide of Kalief Browder in June 2015. Browder spent three years in the prison after allegedly stealing a backpack, and never stood trail or was found guilty. Browder fell through the cracks of the system (Eversley

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Khalif Browde is a young African American man who was arrested at the age of 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack. He was imprisoned for three years on New York's Riker Island without trial and spent most of his time in solitary confinement isolated by himself. On May 15,2010, at the age of 16, Browder and his friends were stopped by multiple police cars coming from a party. Browder was under the impression that this was a routine stop and frisk, which he has experienced on various occasions.

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