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May 30, 2023 NYN MediaOpinion: Cuts to programming that helps people incarcerated at Rikers Island are shortsighted
Unless you have experienced it for yourself, it’s impossible to know what it is like to be incarcerated on Rikers Island. Imagine being detained pretrial because you simply cannot afford to post bail, which would let you fight your case while living in the community. That’s what it’s like for most incarcerated people on Rikers.
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May 24, 2023 City & State New York
Opinion: I’ve been homeless and incarcerated. Eric Adams wants to cut services that help people like me.
Services to help people get housing and reenter society after incarceration should take precedence over maintaining the NYPD budget.
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April 14, 2026 The Hill
Recidivism isn’t the only measure of progress after incarceration
But how do we know whether incarceration works as intended?
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May 11, 2022 New York Daily News
Why men keep dying at Rikers
The city Board of Correction’s thorough report on the deaths of three men who died this year while in the custody of the Department of Correction (DOC) makes it painfully clear that Tarz Youngblood, George Pagan and Herman Diaz died because of lack of appropriate intervention.
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November 29, 2021 The Riverdale Review
Second Chances: Why America Must Move Forward With Criminal Justice Reform
One city, two very different islands: one whimsical and hopeful, the other grim and isolated. Rikers was out of sight, out of mind for most New Yorkers until a recent increase in chaos and violence there signaled a crisis.
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December 02, 2021 Daily News
What those locked away deserve: The value of giving tablets to people incarcerated at Rikers
In early November, following reports of increasingly dangerous and inhumane conditions at the city jails on Rikers Island, reporter Kathryn Wylde joined a group of business leaders for a tour of the facilities led by Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
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