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🗓️ 29 October 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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0:30.0 | In the middle of New York City's East River, between Queens and the Bronx is an island. |
0:42.0 | An island built out of landfill and street trash that now sprawls more than 400 acres. |
0:49.0 | Some people call it torture island. |
0:52.0 | Other people say it's gladiator school. |
0:55.0 | A few years ago, protesters out front had a different name for this island. |
1:00.0 | It called Rikers Island the Abu Ghraib of New York. |
1:04.0 | And that's what it is. It's a torture chamber. This is where they murder people. They've brutalized people. |
1:16.0 | Rikers Island is home to thousands of inmates. |
1:19.0 | The press has tallied up horror stories about life inside. |
1:23.0 | In the last decade, more than a dozen deaths on Rikers may have been linked to inadequate medical treatment. |
1:30.0 | Last year, an inmate said she was raped by guards. |
1:38.0 | There's also only one road leading on and off the island. |
1:42.0 | One road for visitors and workers and delivery vans and protesters. |
1:48.0 | Over the last five years, protesters have laid down in the middle of that road, blocking the street. |
1:54.0 | They've stood on the corner, giving speeches about revolution. |
1:58.0 | This tear must stop. And there's a way to stop it. |
2:02.0 | And they've always had one persistent request. |
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