county, miami-dade and new york's rikers island. they represent a real cross section of life across the country. each one has its own unique set of challenges. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> got to be on point. >> lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. >> can't let your guard down for nobody. >> this is not a place to be. >> this is as close to a living hell as i think i ever want to come. >> step back behind the red line. >> everyone, bend over. touch your toes. >> if you like this type of thing, this is the place to be. >> i want to kill myself. i can't take it. >>> for the uninitiated or in this case, the unincarcerated, there is sometimes confusion between prison and jail. prison is only for convicted felons. jails also house convicts, but only those awaiting transfer to prison or serving short-term sentences. usually less than a year. >> listen up for your name. >> stand on the foot prints for me, please. >> most jail detainees have pending court cases, have been denied or are unable to make bail. >> put your stomach on the wall, s

how it could affect rikers island. plus, the man behind the motown sound, berry gordy jr., talks about his rise to fame and the "motown: the musical." later, as the mount vernon public library honors hip-hop legend heavy d, his mother reflects on his life and music career. but first this afternoon, a look at how black police officers handle the dual role thrust upon them as the country grapples with the fallout in the wake of a string of controversial police shootings of unarmed black men and several tragic police killings. our guests today are both former noel leader, co-founder of 100 blacks in law enforcement who care, and de lacy davis, founder of black cops against police brutality. welcome back to both of you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> as you've watched what's been going on over the last few months and weeks, just your thoughts on, you know, where the community is and where policing is? >> well, my thoughts are that it's unfortunate, you know, that we have these consistent and persistent unjustified shooting

at rikers it is very difficult. and the clock ticks.ey're back into their natural environment it starts ticking. >> reporter: to beat the clock, friends focuses on job placement, education, even mental health intervention. just one year out of rikers, 20-year-old isaiah mullen landed a union job at a manhattan hotel. is it hard to get someone to trust you when you've been locked up? >> it is. but there's good people out there. they know that second chance is always good. >> reporter: at 22, darryl, free on bail, is working for his second chance as a father. >> you ready? ahh! >>rowing up, responsibility as fathers and being in a child's life just makes me every day when i wake up to not be a statistic. >> reporter: like the one that says half of young adults released will likely go back to jail unless someone is there to show them another path. >> i'm just going to go home a better person. go home a better person and don't come back. >> our thanks to my friend, lester holt, for that report. >>> when we come back, we'll take you inside t

. >> reporter: at new york's infamous rikers island jail, some of those lessons by necessity are quite literal. >> new york state is one of two states that consider 16-year-olds adults. and one of ten states that considers 17-year-olds adults. >> reporter: so you're obligated to teach those kids. >> well, we're obligated to provide age-appropriate programming. >> reporter: rikers island academy is an alternative high school, educating youth on the inside but it is the lessons they learn once they're back on the outside that can determine their futures. >> we offer a combination of things. we know that in order to thrive, young people need a sense of belonging and they need opportunities to achieve. >> reporter: for that situation, who's creating the problem? >> reporter: and that means a net to catch them, which is where friends of island academy comes in. getting to young offenders before the streets get them. >> you can get a kid who's coming out of rikers, it's his first time there, what chance do you have to turn it around, make sure he doesn't go back? >> they have to turn themsel

(cheers and applause) >> stephen: did you go to rikers island?ith a lot of lawyers. it was brilliantly written by richard price and steve also directed. so we really were in great hands because they were interested in the my minutia of a crime. >> stephen: could an actor be a good lawyer? >> well, if you do the homework and you've done the studying. you know, if you were dealing with a jury, you could certainly know how to hold people's attention. but the key to dealing with a jury is being able to understand all the 12 members on that jury and knowing a little bit about them. >> stephen: have you sat in a jury? >> i have been selected twice and i don't know why. (laughter) it's really nerve racking when, for jury duty you go there. and the lawyers are really boring. you fall asleep. they go on and on. they say, if i don't have evidence would you convict the person? you're like, no, i wouldn't do that. there are some who have a real stage presence and they actually know how to keep your attention. and that's really the actor's first job as you we

terri riker has accused him of playing with europe's destiny. >> concerns, his image that he is not reallyaking responsibility. that this -- he is not interested in the interest of the british citizens, but only in his own interest and this is what he has shown, the prime example yesterday. reporter: for i -- forage caused a commotion while dropping his -- in the united kingdom, ball keeping his membership in the european parliament. european delegates now puzzle over how to shape the eu. one lesson learned, how to do with the u.k.'s new government. reporter: richard corbett is a british mp and the remaining campaigner. he believes the problem is not in brussels, but in london. >> there is a more fundamental reason and that is that britain now needs to decide what it might seek as an alternative to eu membership. we have no second view on that. reporter: london needs to stop beating around the bush, says the chairman of the european conservatives. >> it is a time of uncertainty and it is best for both sides, and it is harming the economy. we do not know what the new framework will be like

how it could affect rikers island. plus, the man behind the motown sound, berry gordy jr., talks about his rise to fame and the "motown: the musical." later, as the mount vernon public library honors hip-hop legend heavy d, his mother reflects on his life and music career. but first this afternoon, a look at how black police officers handle the dual role thrust upon them as the country grapples with the fallout in the wake of a string of controversial police shootings of unarmed black men and several tragic police killings. our guests today are both former

new york city mayor bill de blasio has announced rikers island will no longer house adolescent inmatesthe move comomes three years afr an invtitigati by y the u.s. attorney general's office deemed the jail unfit for adolescents due to a "systemic culture of violence." before the years move takes place. states ins one of two the united states that charges 16 and 17-year-olds as adults. there are currently about 200 juvenile pririsoners at ririkers island.. this final news from north miami in florida. the police officer who shot an unarmed africacan-american therapist tryiying to calm his patient who had autism said he hit the therapist t by accident and that he actually meant to shoot the autistic man, who was cradling a toy truck. workershot social charles kinsey in thee leg o on monday as he was attempting to help the autistic man, who wandered away from a group h ho. in t the video, he is seen lying on the grounwith handsds in the air when police shoot him. police have said they weree responding to a 911 call about a man with a gun. in a cell phphone video released this week. kinsey

you want me to take care of you because your man keep his ass out of riker's i open the door and gone. i get in the hall like i want to punch ore kick something. i can feel blood pounding in my brain. i have to do something and go somewhere. i don't got nowhere to go. >> go girl -- [applause] >> so i'm going to read a piece of that introduction from my book the b side it's the collection that covers range of topics from racism to why poor schools exist to street harassment to what they eat right like food. so if i put all of the these things in a historic context and i use my own story as the back drop so i'm going to read a piece of it. >> all right first time reading all of this outloud but i'm ready. one night i participated in a peaceful protest in downtown baltimore. my fellow protesters and i standing with citizens of ferguson, missouri. over the murder of mike brown. the innocent afn american teen who was on his way to college when had he was cut down by a policeman's bullets. it felt good to unit with so many different people for the same cause but thats first group would hand