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Time: The Kalief Browder Story a tragedy as unforgettable as it is American." The series is distributed by Netflix in all countries including the United States. Time: The Kalief Browder Story Time: The Kalief Browder Story is a six-episode American documentary television miniseries that broadcast on Spike beginning March 1, 2017. The documentary recounts the story of Kalief Browder, a Bronx high school student who was imprisoned for three years, two of them in solitary confinement on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. He was accused at 16 of stealing a backpack, and his family was unable to afford his bail, set at