Some things that are broken cannot be fixed. That was the primary argument rallygoers made Tuesday morning regarding Rikers Island.
Former prisoners of Rikers Island and human rights advocates from a slew of organizations assembled in Lower Manhattan just before they were scheduled to testify in front of the Board of Correction.
With their voices choking with emotion, speakers deemed Rikers Island irreparable, describing it as a penal colony rife with abuse and death. Standing outside 125 Worth St., the group brandished makeshift banners embroidered with the names of those who never made it out of Rikers and the words: “These jails are killing people.”
