Rikers Island

Ending the Cash Bail System in America
Handcuffs being taken off a person inside of a jail cell.

Ending the Cash Bail System in America
Andrew Lee
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Most people in pretrial detention in the U.S. are incarcerated because they cannot afford to pay their cash bail.

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Criminal Legal System Incarceration
1920 1280 Andrew Lee
The Continued Urgency to Close Rikers Island
A sky view of Riders Island. The jail complex has seven facilities throughout the island.

The Continued Urgency to Close Rikers Island
Dominique Stewart
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Activists call for the closure of the Rikers Island jail complex amid its ongoing “humanitarian crisis” that has seen a rise in deaths.

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Criminal Legal System
2048 1365 Dominique Stewart
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