Filter

“Darren Mack, co-director at Freedom Agenda, is personally familiar. He was sent to Rikers in the early 1990s when he was 17. He spent 19 months there. "At the time Rikers was out of sight, out of mind. It was as dysfunctional, as horrible, as it is today,” Mack told Filter.

Filter

“Darren Mack, co-director at Freedom Agenda, is personally familiar. He was sent to Rikers in the early 1990s when he was 17. He spent 19 months there. “At the time Rikers was out of sight, out of mind. It was as dysfunctional, as horrible, as it is today,” Mack told Filter.

Queens Eagle

“Like many facilities on Rikers, AMKC was dangerous. At least one person died in the facility every year but one from 2010 until 2023, according to an analysis by Freedom Agenda, an organization that advocates for the closure of Rikers Island’s jails.”