Filed Under Covid at Rikers

Dwayne Gardner, Covid Experience at Rikers

Dwayne Gardner was incarcerated at Rikers Island when COVID-19 first hit the facility in 2020. We captured his story as part of our oral history program. He describes how the jail was woefully unprepared to deal with the virus, causing widespread chaos and misinformation. (video made with @headlinervideo)

April 23, 2021
“Dwayne Gardner, Covid Experience at Rikers,” Rikers Public Memory Project Archive, accessed October 17, 2026, http://archive.rikersmemoryproject.org/items/show/152.