Kalief Browder

Kalief Browder (May 25, 1993 – June 6, 2015) was an African-American youth from The Bronx, New York who was held at the Rikers Island jail complex, without trial, for allegedly stealing a backpack, between 2010 and 2013, while his family was not allowed to post his bail; he was in solitary confinement for two years. Two years after his release, Browder hung himself at his mother's home. His death was the result of the mental, physical and sexual abuse that he had sustained in prison. His case has been cited by activists campaigning for reform of the New York City criminal justice system and has attracted widespread attention in the years following his death. In 2017, Jay-Z produced a television documentary mini-series titled Time: The Kalief Browder Story. In January 2019, New York City settled a civil lawsuit with the Browder family for $3.3 million.

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