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Mar 9, 2024, 10:20 AM

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Bronx student released after 10 months in ICE custody

A rally was held on Friday in a push to close Rikers Island.

Advocates say Mayor’s Eric Adams' administration is not putting money into alternatives to incarceration.

They also accused the city of planning to triple the capacity of their jails to incarcerate more people.