'New York City officials need to act NOW to decarcerate, end solitary confinement, and ensure people have access to medical care and other basic needs,' says JMrWright316 of NYCAIC, in solidarity with hunger-striking Rikers Island inmates.
in the courts due to the pandemic have resulted in people being locked up for longer, awaiting disposition of criminal charges.
"There's just not enough officers to walk anyone around," Christopher Boyle of the New York County Defender ServicesInmate Ervin Bowins said that his unit has been denied access to mail, recreation, medical and mental health services, and the law library to work on their cases. Bowins said conditions at Rikers fall short of"mandatory minimum standards for a human being.
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