Jarrett Murphy
Rikers Island. Most of the people on it are pretrail detainees, many of them stuck there because they could not afford bail.
“Every assessment and transfer deadline that passes without action delays the benefits of a transformed Rikers Island for all New Yorkers, especially those in the communities that have been directly harmed by unjust criminalization and environmental injustice.”
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