BY THE VILLAGE SUN | It’s time to close Rikers — now! That was the message of a group of Rise and Resist protesters in…
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BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Two concerned councilmembers are calling on the city to move female detainees currently held at a jail facility on Rikers Island…
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Chinatown and Lower East Side activists protesting the Museum of Chinese in America say they recently have become the targets of…
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Artists Kit-Yin Snyder and Richard Haas were shocked to learn last year that their installations outside of the Manhattan Detention Complex…
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Ten people were arrested — including two political candidates — Wednesday morning outside the Manhattan Detention Complex after more than 20…
BY DASHIELL ALLEN | Armed with posters, megaphones and boxes of Dunkin doughnuts in hand, community members from across Lower Manhattan gathered at the break…