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| Who Should Control Hart Island, NYC's "Prison For The Dead"? |
| By gothamist.com- Emma Whitford |
| Published: 01/21/2016 |
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Speaking before the City Council on Wednesday, New York Civil Liberties Union attorney Christopher Dunn described what it's like to visit Hart Island, where more than 1 million New Yorkers are buried—many of them homeless in life or unidentifiable in death, alongside stillborn infants, veterans, or AIDs victims. "You get to a dock that looks like you're arriving at a prison," Dunn said. "There's razor wire and armed guards. Guests are subject to search, and accompanied by an armed, uniformed DOC officer to each burial site." The 131 acre island at the west end of the Long Island Sound has been under the jurisdiction of the city since 1868, and operated solely by the Department of Correction since 1946. More than 1,000 New Yorkers are buried on the island each year, by a skeleton crew of fewer than 10 inmates overseen by five officers and a captain. The Hart Island Project keeps a digital archive of the dead, allowing family members to upload pictures and stories. Read More. |
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