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Rikers Island Detainees in Struggle

Loaded on Feb. 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News February, 1995, page 9
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Hunger Strikes, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Drug Treatment/Rehab. Location: New York.
Rikers Island is the largest penal colony in the world, holding more than 19,000 prisoners on a 410 acre island. Most of them are New York City pretrial detainees not convicted of any crime. The number of detainees is expected to increase to as high as 25,000 in coming months ...

 

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