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

Most people in pretrial detention in the U.S. are incarcerated because they cannot afford to pay their cash bail.

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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

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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2048 1365 Dominique Stewart
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