After Leaving Rikers

“...there should be a hope system involved in Rikers Island. Because when you leave there, you leave there without a hope. You leave there feeling scared… You go in scared and you leave scared, which is ridiculous.” Karren Jaime

What happens when you are released - receiving a metro card and no other resources, housing, jobs, etc. Some narrators talk about how their time at Rikers contributes to what kind of work they do now.