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HEAR IT: Prisoners on Rikers Island stage hunger strike against inhumane conditions

By Dean Moses Posted on January 11, 2022
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Incarcerated individuals on Rikers Island have staged a hunger strike in Rikers Island over abhorrent living conditions.

According to Christopher Boyle, an attorney who also serves as director of data research and policy for the New York County Defenders Service, those imprisoned within the Robert N. Davoren Complex (RNDC) on the island have stopped consuming food in protest of what is reported to be hellish and inhumane conditions.

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HEAR IT: Prisoners on Rikers Island stage hunger strike against inhumane conditions

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