Take Action: Abuse at Rikers Island Must End!

For decades, New York City’s Rikers Island jail has been dysfunctional, traumatizing, and even deadly. Fifteen people died in custody in 2025 alone. 

ADD YOUR NAME: Rikers must close.

Despite years of federal oversight, reform efforts have repeatedly failed.   People incarcerated on Rikers Island simply can’t wait any longer for conditions to improve.

With your help, Vera will keep pressuring the city to honor its commitment to closing Rikers Island and ensure that its systemic failures are not simply transferred to new jail facilities.