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Rikers
rikers
Jan. 24, 2023
How a Rikers Unit That Protects Trans Women Fell Apart
A decade ago, New York set out to lead the nation in efforts to support incarcerated trans people. Now they are stranded in all-male housing units.
By
George Joseph
hotels
Dec. 16, 2022
‘I Know That I’m Living This Cinderella Life’
The city’s closure of emergency hotels leaves former inmates scrambling to find housing by the New Year.
By
Annie Grossinger
rikers
Feb. 8, 2022
Rikers Guards, Newly Emboldened by Adams, Are Punishing Inmates Who Speak Out
As conditions deteriorate, Adams’s recent decisions only worsen the understaffing problem.
By
Max Rivlin-Nadler
public art watch
Jan. 28, 2022
What’s Going to Happen to All the Art on Rikers?
Faith Ringgold’s mural is heading to the Brooklyn Museum, but it’s not clear where the rest will go.
By
Diana Budds
rikers
Oct. 5, 2021
Dispatch From Deadly Rikers Island: “It Looks Like a Slave Ship in There.”
Detainees, correction officers and officials talk about the jail’s new state of emergency.
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Beth Schwartzapfel
rikers
Sept. 23, 2021
What It’s Like at Rikers, According to People Who Just Got Out
“They’re not feeding people, there’s no water, no showers, no phone calls.”
By
Rebecca McCray
rikers
Apr. 8, 2021
Barbara Kavovit’s Plan for Rikers Sounds Uncomfortably Like an Internment Camp
A colony for the homeless, isolated on an island in the East River.
By
Caroline Spivack