In the last day, news has rocketed across the media regarding Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign director, and his pending detention on New York City’s Rikers Island as he awaits state trial in New York later this month. Pundits paraded their outrage at the fact that Manafort is being transferred to a jail complex renowned for its inhumane and atrociously unsafe conditions. But for decades, thousands of people have suffered on Rikers. Some have died. Most were never convicted of a crime. Nearly all were from the black and brown communities most often targeted by New York City’s criminal legal system.