Mural designed by women imprisoned at Riker's Island
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This mural was designed by women imprisoned at Riker’s Island, a jail in New York City, and was painted by the women’s children on a wall in East Harlem. In addition, the children designed a mural that the mothers then painted inside a building at Rikers. Read more about the project, If Walls Could Talk. (Image courtesy of Matt Green on Flickr. CC NC-BY-SA.)
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Mural designed by women imprisoned at Riker's Island
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A photographA mural painted on a wall features a body of water in which an African-American boy and a Caucasian girl stand. The image of a woman surrounded by children is next to them. of a pregnant woman, in a blue shirt, holds her belly.
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This mural was designed by women imprisoned at Riker’s Island, a jail in New York City, and was painted by the women’s children on a wall in East Harlem. In addition, the children designed a mural that the mothers then painted inside a building at Rikers. Read more about the project, If Walls Could Talk. (Image courtesy of Matt Green on Flickr. CC NC-BY-SA.)
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Image courtesy of Matt Green on Flickr. CC NC-BY-SA.
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