Matthew Cox
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Again, the book is not about me.
Oh, no, mine's all about me.
Do they build another prison?
How many inmates was Rikers Island designed for?
When I got to the medium, like they had designed all of the cells were supposed to be.
Initially, they were designed for like one man.
You were going to get one man cells.
By the time they started the construction, they had decided, no, no, you know what?
They're going to have to be two-man cells.
By the time they were done, they were doing three-man cells, three bunk beds.
You know how like a submarine that you don't have much, you sleep and you just have to kind of skip around to try and roll.
It's like half a twin size.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I could imagine Rikers Island had to probably be... It was that.
But why close it?
You still need it.
Yeah, but they didn't build another...
Releasing those inmates into the society so they can get a real knife.
Did you ever see Escape from New York?