Nightline S2016E101 - Hidden America: Inside Rikers Island

Rikers Island is notorious for excessive violence, crumbling facilities, and neglect of inmates. In a special report two years in the making, ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer was granted unprecedented, exclusive access inside the largest jail complex in America. Her in-depth report describes what is really happening behind closed doors, as a new commissioner tries to reform Rikers in the face of public pressure to shut it down and a federal order to end widespread abuse