Campaigners say the correctional complex is a blight on the city and now the mayor agrees,planning to shutter the prison in a 10-year processWhen Vidal Guzman ended up at the notorious Rikers Island jail in fresh York, he underwent a transformation.“I had to become someone I was not, and ” he said. “I had no idea a place in my city could be so harsh and so violent. Getting into vicious fights was allotment of everyday life,allotment of survival, there were fights over everything – a phone, or food,something small you owned. I’ve seen people bag badly cut, and often the guards let it happen.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com