Friday, the protest moved to Rikers Island Prison calling for the prison to be shut down.
Rikers is notorious for brutality, most recently making headlines when 16-year-old Kalief Browder who committed suicide of Juune this year. Kalief was imprisoned in Rikers for three years, two in solitary confinement, before being released for a lack of evidence to press charges. Kalief cited his traumatic experience in Rikers for the suicide.
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