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Human Rights Groups Urge UN to Call for Abolition of “Death by Incarceration”

September 15, 2022: Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

Family members, activists, and others hold a rally outside of city hall to demand that the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams do more to address the crisis in living conditions at the Rikers Island Jail on June 23, 2022.
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