when: 01 February 2025 - 31 December 2025 | venue: Weeksville Heritage Center | cost: See event for details | address: 158 Buffalo Ave.,Brooklyn,11213,NY | website: https://weeksvillesociety.org/engage/exhibitions/torture-island-past-present-future/
published: 28 Apr 2025, 5 min read
Rikers Island in the East River is New York's best-known jail—but its reputation is mainly one of notoriety. This exhibition serves to highlight its indiscretions, to counter the dehumanizing characterization of those who have been incarcerated there and to advance the movement to close the facility altogether (which the New York City Council approved to take place on December 31, 2026, though that date seems unlikely). Programming includes panel discussions, workshops, screenings and tours.
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Rikers Island in the East River is New York's best-known jail—but its reputation is mainly one of notoriety. This exhibition serves to highlight its indiscretions, to counter the dehumanizing characterization of those who have been incarcerated there and to advance the movement to close the facility altogether (which the New York City Council approved to take place on December 31, 2026, though that date seems unlikely). Programming includes panel discussions, workshops, screenings and tours.
Go see Torture Island: Past, Present, Future 2025.
Torture Island: Past, Present, Future 2025 is on 01 February 2025 - 31 December 2025. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Brooklyn NY. Visit their website at https://weeksvillesociety.org/engage/exhibitions/torture-island-past-present-future/.
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