Chinatown residents have pushed back for years against the Manhattan “jailscraper,” which is part of the city’s plan to shut down Rikers Island
Organizers with Chinatown Art Brigade and Wing on Wo Project spoke to Prism about why the city’s plan to replace Rikers Island with four borough-based jails is a dangerous continuation of the carceral system.
Adams has not yet issued the executive order, but immigrant rights groups say the move would target immigrants presumed innocent while awaiting trial at the jail complex
Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn hosts “Torture Island,” a new exhibition by the Rikers Public Memory Project
On the campaign trail, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg expressed support for Tracy McCarter—but after three months in office, he’s been silent on her case
Protesters and organizers have emphasized that the Chinatown mega jail would harm the local residents and those held within its walls.
“Black or brown people are sitting there literally dying and getting sick there.”
Last week, approximately 200 incarcerated people began a hunger strike to protest the increasingly dangerous conditions at Rikers
More than a dozen detainees have died in less than a year while in custody at Rikers, prompting a lawmaker to call it a “humanitarian crisis.”
Women on Rikers are being transferred to other facilities, but activists say the move isn’t enough
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