Rikers Island and the Plastic Surgery Experiment

Could fixing inmates' flaws and faces keep them from returning to prison? Zara Stone, author of Killer Looks: The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons, discusses the Rikers Island experiment run by Dr. Michael Lewin in the 1960s. Over a thousand prisoners signed up, and those who were selected for surgery returned some surprising - and promising - results.
Images courtesy of Zara Stone.