#closerikers

Nefertiti Ankra, a senior community justice attorney at the Legal Aid Society, quoted the words of A. Philip Randolph: “Freedom is never given; it is won” and “Justice is never given; it is exacted.”

Close Rikers Now, No New Jails

Read Kazimir Lee on closing Rikers Island, where for decades, people too poor to afford bail have been imprisoned. Often for years.

80% of persons in Rikers prison have not been charged but cannot afford bail. 70% of persons in Rikers come from the poorest neighborhoods in NYC. #closerikers @darrenmack718 (at The New School for Social Research)

Photos by redguard   

Another popular chant was, “If they build it, they will fill it!” — recognizing that building new jails would in no way lead to less racist policing and mass incarceration. Protesters also called out de Blasio, who styles himself a progressive, as “Trump’s mayor,” to point out that with his moves to build new jails and privatize public housing, he serves the very same big capitalist interests as Trump.

Close Rikers Presentation. #closerikers #presentation #workshop #leadership #educate #community @thepoetrican @freedomagendany (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSkMCSu7hH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Pop out with the squad you know the vibes #freetheguys #freethegirls #freetheghetto #closerikers #closerikersnow #closerikersisland #closerikersislandnow #rikersisland #nypd #nycdoc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyear #endmassincarceration #endsolitaryconfinement #abolitionist (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnSodUOrrU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=