Agenda 2019

Opinion: The Unending Urgency of Closing Rikers

By Darren Mack and DeAnna Hoskins | July 2, 2019

‘I’m reminded the cells on Rikers are so hot — that the walls sweat. There was no air. I had to lay on the floor naked, to suck a little bit of air from a slit on the floor, just to breathe.’