Inside Rikers: How Knicks Finals Fever is Sparking Unexpected Drama Behind Bars
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The banter comes quick and fast and everybody is fair game. When Mikal Bridges buries a mid-range jumper to put the Knicks ahead 40-39, the television cameras find celebrity superfan Timothée Chalamet celebrating from near courtside.
Guzman shakes his head.
“You see that guy?” he says, pointing at the screen. “He’s cheering now, but watch when they go down. He stays quiet.”
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‘We’re not the judge or jury’
Few people in the room understand the weight of these moments better than Stanley Richards, who in January was tapped by New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani to become the first formerly incarcerated person to oversee the city’s jails. Three decades earlier, Richards spent time in a 10-by-7-foot cell on Rikers following a robbery conviction. He has gone on to build a career helping others navigate re-entry before returning to the system as a reform-minded leader.
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