The fight to close and decarcerate Rikers Island continued on Sept. 22 with the latest rally outside City Hall, as activists and elected officials continue to fume over inhumane conditions in the jail facility.
Public anger has grown in recent days after the Sept. 19 death of Isaabdul Karim, the 11th Rikers Island inmate to die there this year. Then on Tuesday, state Attorney General Letitia James and a contingent of lawmakers and elected officials toured the facility, with James saying afterward she was abhorred by the conditions and would consider taking action.
