via NYCITY NEWS SERVICE
“Rikers Is a Death Sentence”
Photos: A call to shut down jail where 18 have died this year.
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via AUDIOFILES
The Fight to Close Rikers
How one formerly incarcerated woman is pushing to shut the jail.
via MOTT HAVEN HERALD
The High Price of Jailing
Lockups replacing Rikers will cost more than a billion each.
SPECIAL REPORT: Rikers and Beyond
With the city's notorious lockup set for eventual closure, our team examines the state of – and future of – incarceration in New York.
219West: Challenging the System
The latest edition of our TV news magazine looks at people pushing for change – including an ex-inmate who's lobbying for prison reform and a victim of childhood sex abuse who's leading the charge to extend the statute of limitations governing pedophiles.
A Rikers Sit-in for Rise Up
Protesters mounted a sit-in at the city’s largest jail complex to call for the facility’s closure and an end to police brutality nationwide.
via Gotham Gazette
A Push For Rikers Island Reform
After years of criticism, the city’s practice of isolating detainees through solitary confinement has come under scrutiny.