Queens Eagle

“Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda, said in a statement. “We need every part of city government to be working with urgency toward closing Rikers. That includes passing a budget that makes real and substantial investments in prevention and diversion..."

News 12

“Darren Mack, co-director of the Freedom Agenda, and Tara Brown-Arnell, director of BronxConnect, discuss the first 100 days of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's term in office and the timeline of Rikers Island.”

Queens Eagle

“Closing Rikers is not just important in general, it's essential to the mayor's economic justice agenda,” said Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda.”

Queens Eagle

“Closing Rikers is not just important in general, it's essential to the mayor's economic justice agenda,” said Darren Mack, the co-director of Freedom Agenda.”

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.” 

City Limits

“We are thrilled to see Mayor Mamdani taking such a significant step so quickly toward closing the revolving door between jail and homelessness,” said Darren Mack, director of Freedom Agenda at the Urban Justice Center, in a statement to City Limits.”

The Marshall Project

“Darren Mack, a survivor of Rikers who witnessed brutality during his time there in the 1990s and who currently leads the decarceration advocacy group Freedom Agenda, said he’s pleased with what he’s seen of Mamdani so far, but he is not satisfied.”

AM NY

“In the meantime, criminal justice advocates seeking Rikers’ closure, such as Freedom Agenda Co-Director Darren Mack, lamented the latest inmate death on Rikers Island, and urged Mamdani to take “urgent action” to keep other inmates alive."