The New Plantation

Incarceration in America

The New Plantation: Lessons from Rikers Island is a memoir about my experiences as a teacher of 16 to 18 year old incarcerated males in a public high school on Rikers Island, one of the largest penal colonies in the world. It will be published by Deerbrook Editions in June of 2019.

This blog deals with the issues dealt with in the book.

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I am a retired teacher. I spent three years of my career teaching English to 16 to 18 year old incarcerated males on Rikers Island in New York City. My experiences there are what got me fired up about what's happening in this country with regard to incarceration.

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