Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly is a freelance journalist and organizer based in Philadelphia. Her work on labor, prisons, and working class resistance can be found in Teen Vogue, the Baffler, the New Republic, the Guardian, and many more.
A Man With Coronavirus Symptoms At Rikers Island Describes His Ordeal
‘I would go to the hospital very often and they wouldn’t do anything for me.’
At the Center of the Coronavirus Pandemic, People Inside NYC Jails Describe Fear, Confusion and a Lack of Supplies
‘They’re not supplying us with masks, they’re not supplying us gloves, they’re not supplying us with decent cleaning supplies.’
An Update On What’s Happening Inside Rikers Island as Coronavirus Spreads
“The doctors said they were going to come and do screenings every day, but for the past two days, they’ve just come into the dorm and stood by the front door and yelled, ‘Does anybody have any symptoms?’”
What It’s Like to Be Inside Rikers Island As Coronavirus Spreads
“Still no hand sanitizer, no bleach.”
Coronavirus Has Come to Rikers, and the People Inside Are Fighting to Survive
The island’s Communicable Disease Unit is already overflowing with quarantined people.