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June 05, 2019

Balloons not bars: organizers try new tactic in campaign to close Rikers

June 05, 2019/ Phineas Rueckert
Balloons not bars: organizers try new tactic in campaign to close Rikers

The city has said it will fully close Rikers — the 10-jail complex that currently houses just over 7,500 people — by 2026 but activists want it shut down now.

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