Rikers
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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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Robert Holden pushes for new Rikers jail commission in NYC
A Queens pol is pushing new laws to involve the city to check out constructing a new jail elaborate on…
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Judge Frees Rikers Inmate Who Said Prisoners Were Running the Jail and Running a ‘Fight Club’
An ecosystem of anxiety ruled by inmate “leaders” whose power overrides that of correction officers. A gladiator-esque “fight club” organized…
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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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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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