Security theater. Leadership New York City Department of Correction is not protecting its staff. Ceramic blades *are detectable* by new scanning machines in some NYC jails on Rikers. Why was the detainee not scanned? Why are new scanners not in all jails? Why are all staff not scanned?

The silence of Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie New York City Department of Correction is deafening.

Fight clubs. Baking heat. Prisoners breaking down because they're locked up 24 hours a day without their medication. I spoke to former inmates and staff about life on Rikers Island for The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.com/us/news-today/…

Thank you Louise Callaghan for doing this important story and giving me the opportunity to share my experience. #CLOSERIKERS The Times and The Sunday Times

“You come in, you might not come home. And that’s the scariest thing for anyone,” - Vidal Guzman of @aotny2022 #CloseRikers thetimes.com/us/news-today/…

“Every time we look there’s some kind of crisis on Rikers Island. This means no one on Rikers Island is safe.” - Office of the Public Advocate, Jumaane D. Williams Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams #CloseRikersNow

“Every single one of their lives mattered.” -Conrad Blackburn, The Bronx Defenders on recent deaths of people in custody on Rikers Island. #CloseRikersNow

“As a mental health professional, I couldn’t just stand by and watch this happen.” -Justyna Rzewinski, LCSW & Rikers Island whistleblower of Freedom Agenda #CloseRikersNow

“Say their names!” - Dr. V of Women's Community Justice Association Carlos Cruz. Jimmy Avila. Ardit Billa. All died recently while in Rikers Island facilities mere days apart from each other. Just three of the 12 people who have died on Rikers so far this year. #CloseRikersNow

Deaths in NY city custody ramp up calls for jail reform amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/09/1… via New York Amsterdam News

COBA Will Not Stop Fighting Sound Security Practices 4 Their Correction Officers. Ceramic blades *are detectable* by new scanning machines in some NYC jails on Rikers. Why was the detainee not scanned? Why are new scanners not in all jails? Why are all staff not scanned?

Join us on #WorldMentalHealthDay as we demand passage of TCEA—a bill that would help save lives and make New York a safer, healthier place. NY is #SaferThroughCare

New York prisons: How two murders and a strike exposed a system at its breaking point. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

ICYMI Justyna Rzewinski Justyna Rzewinski, LCSW, PhD (c) out for the Marshall Project The Marshall Project on deadlocking by New York City Department of Correction in NYC jails on Rikers. This is just one of the many forms of solitary that take place in the jails. themarshallproject.org/2025/06/27/rik…

Join us for a Journey to Justice bus tour across New York State to end solitary confinement and free our people. Buffalo 10/20 | Westchester 10/22 | NYC 10/23 RSVP: bit.ly/NYJourney2Just…

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Today, a jury delivered its verdicts in the murder of Robert Brooks by prison guards. Carrying on the legacy of slavery, prison staff brutalize and even kill incarcerated Black people. Lawmakers must expand pathways to freedom until we can uproot this system.

Today we joined NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) #HALTsolitary — Go to bit.ly/EndSolitaryNY to roll out the new 10 point Blueprint to End Deadly NYC Jails Crisis. Point 3: ENSURE Medical/Mental Health Care 👏🏽

A Rikers guard convicted of sexually abusing a woman in Queens is now being fired, years after several detained women first accused him of similar assaults. queenseagle.com/all/2025/12/4/…

David Lund writes, “By invoking a nameless, faceless ‘incarcerated person’ ... [Kim Kardashian] taps into the most damaging stereotype in the book: that people in prison are inherently violent and waiting to lash out or engage in some scheme.” Read more: jlusa.org/2025/12/05/whe…