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Holiday Cooking At Rikers Island

Posted on November 24, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Most New Yorkers have been rushing around buying turkeys, searching for cranberry sauce recipes and buying the perfect bottle of wine. On Rikers Island, a small group of inmates have also been been busy preparing turkey, stuffing and rice. While they won’t get to enjoy the meal themselves, the poor and homeless who show up for a Thanksgiving meal at two Upper East Side churches will. Continue reading →

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Poetry: What Do Prisoners Want To Hear?

Posted on September 6, 2010 by | 1 Comment

“What they want to hear should be plain to see if you look at the situation in which they be.” This poem was written by Harlemite Joseph “Jazz” Hayden when he was a “prisoner” in the 90′s. Continue reading →

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