Prison Reform Advocates Renew Calls For Mayor Adams to Close Rikers Island: ‘He Has an Obligation’

By |2023-09-06T09:28:46-04:00August 31st, 2023|News|

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“Let the mayor know that he has an obligation to close this place down,” said Ashley Conrad of the advocacy group Freedom Agenda. “This is law. It’s a plan that was well thought out and curated by years and years of organizing by directly impacted people.”
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Adams Administration Continues to Miss Rikers Closure Deadlines

By |2023-08-28T13:30:07-04:00August 25th, 2023|News|

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"Sarita Daftary, the co-executive director of Freedom Agenda, told the Eagle on Friday that the DOC had recently confirmed to her organization that the facility had been closed...."
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