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Rikers Island: New York’s Heart of Darkness

A few weeks ago, New York City elected officials on a visit to the intake center of Rikers Island, the infamous prison complex that has stood on its own island in the East River since 1932, were greeted by one of the inmates attempting suicide. Assembl…

A few weeks ago, New York City elected officials on a visit to the intake center of Rikers Island, the infamous prison complex that has stood on its own island in the East River since 1932, were greeted by one of the inmates attempting suicide. Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas later told the New York Daily News ‘He jumped up, climbed the bars, and proceeded to bring a noose around his neck. I looked up, and I saw he was about to release himself from the bars and I kind of started yelling for the corrections officers.’ Fortunately the man was stopped in his attempt. More

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