Deaths at Rikers Island Renew Calls to Shut it Down
"They didn't know what to do with us," says Jermaine Archer, who caught COVID while incarcerated at Rikers Island. The New York City jail holds people pretrial and has faced criticism for deaths and crowded conditions. NBC New York's Kay Angrum was live outside after 2 counter-protesting groups spoke on behalf of corrections workers and the incarcerated.