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A seemingly endless rotation between state forensic hospitals and city jails has meant that some mentally ill detainees stay in the system for years without ever standing trial.
One night in fall 2015, an 18-year-old woman was standing on a subway platform in the Bronx when a homeless
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Eight people have died behind bars this year so far, including three at the George R. Vierno Center, one of eight jails on Rikers Island. In 2022, city jails
To honor the legacy of the Black freedom fighters who founded Black August, join the fight to close Rikers.