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‘A place of inhumanity’: Justice advocates, pols rally in support of Rikers Island hunger strike

By Dean Moses Posted on January 13, 2022
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Throngs of elected officials and human rights advocates rallied Thursday outside Rikers Island where hundreds of prisoners are reportedly staging a hunger strike.

The conditions inside the penal island have long been decried by advocacy groups, formerly incarcerated individuals, and friends and family members of those still on the inside. Yet, according to Christopher Boyle, an attorney and director of data research and policy for the New York County Defenders Service who also served as a whistle-blower on the hunger strike, prisoners are attempting to protest what are said to be appalling conditions and treatment through non-violent means. 

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‘A place of inhumanity’: Justice advocates, pols rally in support of Rikers Island hunger strike

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