Amsterdam News

"While most detention-related deaths occur after incarceration on Rikers Island, Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack said every “touch point” in the criminal legal justice system plays a role."

News 12 Power & Politics

"Some of the things we can meet by August 2027 is reducing the population, investments in the things that closes the pipeline to incarceration in the first place like mental health services, alternatives to incarceration, etc."

Norwood News

"In response, Darren Mack, Freedom Agenda co-director, released a statement, saying in part, “There can be no excuses for this anymore. Mayor Mamdani ran on a plan to emphasize community safety over the failed law and order policies of the Adams administration. How does a young man dying in a cell in a courthouse make our communities safer?”

Gothamist

"In a separate statement, Darren Mack, cofounder of the Freedom Agenda, which has long advocated for closing Rikers, also applauded the remediator’s call for “more money for programming in the jails, transparency about DOC’s staffing, (and) fundamental shifts in DOC’s culture.”