Steven Dominguez

I do want to express that wholeheartedly that I do speak on these platforms.

And I did publish this book to kind of give that lesson like, hey, don't be me.

I know the temptation is there, but don't be me.

I make fictitious characters that existed once in my life, and I give you their world into this exact community.

Everyone's affected by this, whether they know somebody that works there, they visited someone, they're accused of a crime themselves.

It touches home when you're from New York City.

Right.

a culturally impactful place, whether it's in the rap community or it's in politics.

Harvey Weinstein is on Rikers Island currently right now.

Donald Trump might go to Rikers Island.

So this is a place where it's a whole brewing of stories.

And I am not the only person that could talk about Rikers Island, and I know this.

But my perspective, the stamp of approval that I have on a street sense, the stamp of approval that I have on a jail and prison sense,

I can give you a really cool perspective and I'm creative enough to give you these stories where it's like, you know what?

I know someone or I actually felt this once.

The prison is closing.

It's, uh...

No, what they're trying to do is, you know, there's a bail reform going on where, you know, minor crimes or semi-minor crimes, you know, other than and like, you know, arson and things of this nature.

If they deem you fit enough to come back to trial, you're going to get R&R'd up until your next court date.

They're doing this to not pack Rikers Island because when I was on Rikers Island, I believe the total count was...