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MetroFocus: January 23, 2023
Season 2023
Episode 8071
Journalists Graham Rayman of the "New York Daily News" and Reuven Blau of "The City" join us to discuss their new book, "Rikers: An Oral History." We are also joined by two voices featured in the book: Martin Cregg, a retired Department of Correction gang investigator, and Angel Tueros, a human rights and social justice activist detained at Rikers in the 1990s.
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