Rikers Island Hunger Strike Planned By Inmates Ahead of President Biden's NY Visit
by Murjani Rawls from on (#5VMGG)
From the reinstatement of solitary confinement, shortages of staff, and COVID-19 outbreaks, the conditions of Rikers Island have been a point of ongoing debate in New York. Earlier this month, about 200 male inmates went on a hunger strike to protest the poor conditions of the jail.