The Island
A look at the early days of Kalief's incarceration at Rikers Island, where he is introduced to a world of violence, corruption and gangs, forcing him to defend himself from other inmates and corrections officers
Directing
Jenner Furst · Director
Writing
Jenner Furst · Writer
Mark Konkol · Writer
Rose Schlossberg · Writer
Guest Stars (39)
JAŸ-Z as Self
Josh Rhett Noble as Public Defender
Donnell E. Smith as Kalief Browder
Harry Bass as Self (former Rikers' CO)
Preet Bharara as Self (US Attorney)
Jacqueline Brantley as Self (Acting Warden at Rikers)
Turray Bynum as Self (Former Rikers' inmate)
Bill de Blasio as Self
Florence Finkle as Self (Former Commissioner, NYC Department of Corrections)
Gary Hayward as Self (former Riker's CO)
Ira Judelson as Self (Celebrity Bail Bondsman)
Jacob Morris as Self (Historian)
Ken Pawlukliewicz as Self (former Rikers' CO)
Dora Schriro as Self (former Commissioner, NYC Department of Corrections)
Al Sharpton as Self
Bill Sheridan as Self (gang expert)
Keenan Telemaque as Self (former Rikers' inmate)
Erica Matos as Nicole Browder
Darryl Bryant as Self (former Rikers' CO)
Jhonathan Valencia as Roberto Bautista
Mary Buser as Self (Former Assistant Medical Health Chief)
Ismael Nazario as Self (prison reform advocate)
Tyrone Pennington as Self (Kalief's friend)
Akeem Browder as Self
Deion Browder as Self
Kamal Browder as Self
Raheem Browder as Self
Nicole Browder as Self
Jeff Robinson as Self (ACLU)
Venida Brodnax Browder as Self
Van Jones as Self
Paul Prestia as Self (lawyer)
Alex Vitale as Self (Criminal Justice Expert)
Dashaun Jiwe Morris as Self
Donna Lieberman as Self (New York Civil Liberties Union)
Michael Schwirtz as Self
Liana Bedgood as Self (Kalief's friend)
Michael Winerip as Self
Adriana DeMeo as City Attorney (voice)