Brooklyn: To Mayor Adams: Rikers Island continues to rob generations of Black, Brown and poor people of their human rights and fuels a cycle of trauma and violence that constitutes a public safety crisis. More than 1,000 people in New York City jails are diagnosed with a serious mental illness and are experiencing neglect, abuse and inhumane conditions. The death toll in NYC Department of Correction custody keeps rising as people die from suicide, overdose and medical neglect.
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