NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC)

Coalition of activists working to promote human rights, dignity, & safety for people in NYC jails [email protected]

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Happy Mothers Day!
From our family to yours.

#happymothersday
#incarcerated
#love
#jailsactioncoalition

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

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[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Join us...

TODAY!

Ending Solitary Confinement in NYC.

#locallaw42

When: Monday, May 4th
Doors open 5:50pm

RSVP at:
https://t.co/P74sumWbAD

#jailsactioncoalition
#HALTsolitary
#rikers
#nyc

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Sounds like the culture we all know exists on #rikers.

[Jacob Kaye @Jacob_Kaye_]

Rikers monitor says conditions in the jails are as poor as ever in a new report. Says in December, officers beat up a restrained detainee while he was on the ground. Also, an officer sprayed pepper spray onto his boot and then put it next to the face of a detainee on the ground.

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Join us and @NYCAIC TOMORROW at 12PM for our #NoMoreDeaths Rally prior to the 1PM Board of Correction meeting.

Why are our community members dying in DOC?

For Grief & Loss Support Email:
[email protected]

#rikers
#saytheirnames
#HALTsolitary
#jailsactioncoalition

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Join us and @NYCAIC today at 1PM for a Virtual Rally.

Why are our community members dying in DOC and Police custody?

Register at: https://t.co/879QFMzuO5

For Grief & Loss Support Email:
[email protected]

#rikers
#saytheirnames
#HALTsolitary
#jailsactioncoalition

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Our condolences to Billa's family and friends. One life lost in custody is one too many.
#rikers
#rikersisland
#nyc

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Swept Away: What Cities Really Take When They Sweep Homeless Encampments — ProPublica https://t.co/GzOjsaoBEg

[Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @nycpa]

We gathered yesterday in the wake of Christian Collado's death in DOC custody—only for another New Yorker, Edwin Quispe, to die on Rikers Island that very morning.

It can never become routine, normal, or acceptable for people to die in the city’s care and custody.

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Join @JailsAction & @NYCAIC as we raise the name of #ChristianCollado and demand NY officials release people, stop sending people to deadly jails and protect the #humanrights of all New Yorkers.
When: Tuesday, July 22
Where: City Hall (Murry & Broadway)
Time: 10AM
#rikers
#nyc

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

@SandyforCouncil Rikers Island correctional facilities are hotter! Thanks for your continued efforts to preserve life & humanity.

[Innocence Project @innocence]

A bill in NH that would have allowed wrongfully convicted people more time to request a retrial failed in the legislature—but the fight isn't over. The New England Innocence Project is gearing up for round two. https://t.co/2tFRkG6UBb

[Solitary Watch @solitarywatch]

Formerly incarcerated artist Sean Chaney exposes the daily violence and medical neglect inside MDC Brooklyn in his Voices from Solitary piece: “The Crisis at Brooklyn’s ‘Dangerous, Barbaric’ Federal Jail.”

🔗Read it here: https://t.co/TvlCBN3X69

#endsolitaryconfinement

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

People with disabilities are funneled into the system starting at a young age.

As children, they are 4x more likely to be arrested in elementary school.
https://t.co/tAYXAnPoRB

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Our condolences to his family and friends. #ChristianCollado #rikers #Bellevue #NYC

[News12BX @News12BX]

Police first told News 12 that 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham died by suicide inside of the precinct cell. It later said that it was a “medical emergency,” before calling the death suspicious. https://t.co/oJ3buaKVCc

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

According to NYSDOCCS, 68 people have died in NY prisons in 2025. The state doesn't disclose these deaths in real time. Even families often learn about them from incarcerated people.

A bill awaiting action by Gov. Hochul would require prompt disclosure. She should sign it.

[Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @nycpa]

The deaths of Benjamin Kelly and James Maldonado can't be ignored or justified. People are dying in the city’s care and custody.

As we work to close Rikers as the law demands, the priority is to protect people on both sides of the bars and follow the law—including #HALTSolitary.

[NYS BPHA Legislative Caucus @BPHACaucus]

Please view the joint statement below from Caucus Cahir @SolagesNY & Chair of the Committee on Crime and Corrections Senator @SalazarSenate regarding DOCCS & the HALT Solitary Confinement Law.

[NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) @JailsAction]

Mayor Adams must follow the law! Gratitude to the City Council, Public Advocate & fellow amici. The Mayor & DOC must now fully implement the law to stop the torture, save lives, and improve safety for everyone.
#rikers
#rikersisland
#HALTsolitary
#jailsactioncoalition