CaptivesCaptives combines a thrilling narrative account of Rikers Islands descent into infamy with a dramatic retelling of the last seventy years of New York and American politics from the vantage point of its jails. It is a story of a crowded field of contending powerscity bureaucrats and unions, black power activists and correction officers, crooked cops and elected leadersstruggling for the right to run our cities, a story that culminates in the triumph of