Rally Held In New York City Over New Rikers Deaths

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: People hold banners with the names of people who have died on Rikers Island during a rally to address the latest deaths at the jail in Foley Square on July 11, 2023 in New York City. NYC Jails Action Coalition held a rally after the recent deaths of two detainees at Rikers Island. Felix Taveras died while in-custody on July 4th and Ricky Howell died in the Bellevue Hospital’s prison ward on July 6th. There have been 5 in-custody deaths at Rikers Island this year. In a recent report, a court-appointed monitor recommended that a federal judge should consider holding NYC and its Department of Correction in contempt for failing to adequately address security, management and discipline at the jail. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)