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Prisoner
Rikers Island Has Made Us All Prisoners
Review of Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage by Jarrod Shanahan (Verso, 2022) In 2014, a young…
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Lawyer
Island County lawyer combines compassion and community for her clients
Sponsored Island County law firm combines compassion and neighborhood for her customers Molly McPherson of McPherson and McPherson, a family…
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Prisoner
A Death Trap? As 12th Prisoner Dies at NYC’s Rikers Island, Calls Grow to Close World’s Largest Jail
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org,…
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Jail
NYC’s Rikers Island jail spirals into chaos amid pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages brought about by AWOL guards. Detainees…
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