TIME: The Kalief Browder Story

I just finished watching this documentary and I am in tears. This is a must see. It's heartbreaking to see how our justice system failed Kalief. This is still happening to thousands of black men but no one hears about it because most just plead guilty to crimes they did not commit. Kalief did not give up, he fought the justice system head on. I am heartbroken with how this documentary ends but I will not spoil it for you. Please watch this, hopefully it opens at least one person's eyes to the injustice of our system.

This documentary is sometimes very painful to watch, it shook me like not many documentaries have. It is about tremendous injustice and also tremendous courage. It is about family and sadness, about fighting and seeking justice, about racism in our society, about judges and CO and what happens in prison, about solitary confinement and second chances. But most of all, it is about one young man, whose incredible strength could and will hopefully unable a change in the American justice system. It's a must-watch.

After watching When They See Us I felt compelled to watch this. It made me so angry and upset. I wanted to jump in the TV and save him. It's disgusting how he was treated. I'm not going to put any spoilers on as its not fair on those who haven't seen it yet. Just know this, I could say an awful lot more

This series made me feel vomiting about the Justice system in America. That's funny that many people think that USA is a land of freedom and democracy. Justice, fairness and democracy are words made & used by politicals and rich people to make u believe we live in a good world. In God we trust but not more !

Created by Julia Willoughby Nason, Jenner Furst, and Nick Sandow, directed by Furst, and with Jay-Z and Harvey Weinstein serving as executive producers, this six-part documentary tells the almost unbearably tragic story of Kalief Browder; a 16 year old who was arrested for allegedly stealing a backpack. With his family unable to afford the $900 bail, Browder spent 1,111 days in Rikers, despite never being convicted of a crime. Turning down nine plea deals, Browder refused to admit to something he didn't do just so he could go home. With his case brought to court and delayed multiple times, Browder spent over 800 days in solitary confinement, where his mental health rapidly deteriorated. Indeed, the episodes dealing with his time in Rikers, and the experience and effects of long-term solitary confinement, are almost too horrific to bear.

Were this fiction, the litany of abuses he suffers, and the details of how the system failed him, would be rejected as ridiculous, with his nightmare continuing even upon his release; in two separate incidents, he was shot and stabbed, and was later sectioned, as he became increasingly paranoid and unstable. Telling the parallel story of the anguish of his doting mother, if I had one criticism, it would be that the narrative is stretched too thin. Much like The Keepers (2017), there isn't enough material here to warrant this many episodes, and it does lapse into repetition at times. Nevertheless, this is harrowing stuff; highly recommended.