Sign the Petition to Mayor Adams:

Shut Rikers NOW

UNDER MAYOR ERIC ADAMS conditions at Rikers have gotten worse

At least 33 people have died in the city jail system since Adams became mayor in 2022. But the actual number of deaths is unknown, because under Mayor Adams, the Department of Correction (DOC) has stopped reporting deaths to the public.

“The people incarcerated at Rikers are at a grave risk of immediate harm”

– Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain
August 10, 2023

SHUT RIKERS NOW

The appalling problems at Rikers Island aren’t new – they are all too familiar and dramatically underscore that the city needs alternatives to jail. With an unrelenting crisis at Rikers marked by a rapidly rising death toll, we need urgent action to save lives.

#ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY

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For more information and to get involved, please contact Melanie Dominguez.