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Solitary Confinement Survivors Rally Support for Proposed Federal Ban
Truth Out
"Litwok did not die. She was released in 2014 and returned to New York City where she joined the Jails Action Coalition [co-organized by the MHP], a local advocacy group fighting to improve conditions in New York’s notorious Rikers Island."
‘Enough is Enough:’ City Hall Rallygoers Rail Against Rising Death Toll at Rikers Island
AM NY
“Enough is enough. We all have jobs and lives to live. We don’t want to be out here screaming. We don’t want to have to galvanize emergency situations,” Chaplain Dr. Victoria A. Phillips (Dr. V) [of the Mental Health Project of the UJC] said. “We do it because if we don’t do it, who’s going to do it? I don’t see an elected official.”Jails Abolitionists Rally In Manhattan
Mott Haven Herald
"Advocacy groups Jails Action Coalition and HALT Solitary Confinement partnered to organize the protest, in response to the death of a Rikers inmate Willam Johnstone, who was 47. It was the sixth time this year a Rikers inmate has died in custody."Walls Are Closing in on City Control of Rikers Island as Push for Federal Receivership Continues
AM NY
"Advocates, family members, and former inmates went as far as to call the jail a death camp during a protest that took place on Foley Square in Lower Manhattan on July 18...organized by the Jails Action Coalition."Mayor Pushes Back Against Receivership for Rikers Island
NY 1
"Protestors rallied on Tuesday demanding the Department of Correction reduce the population at city jails. "Every single day, someone in our community’s lives is in danger in DOC custody," said Victoria Phillips of the New York City Jails Action Coalition."Walls are closing in on City control of Rikers Island as push for federal receivership continues
AM NY
"Advocates, family members, and former inmates went as far as to call the jail a death camp during a protest that took place on Foley Square in Lower Manhattan on July 18 organized by the Jails Action Coalition."Contact
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