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ICE to open office on Rikers Island

Mayor's office executive order will allow federal agents to return to Rikers Island jail

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, along with agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations and others, are again allowed to be granted office space on Rikers, which currently locks up nearly 7,000 inmates, mostly pre-trial detainees.

ABC7 New York on MSN · 3h

Adams administration establishes office for ICE agents inside Rikers Island

NEW YORK (WABC) -- ICE agents are returning to Rikers Island to coordinate detaining inmates from city criminal cases, under a long promised executive order issued by the mayor's office. An executive order by the Adams administration will allow federal agents into the jail complex to assist in criminal investigations.

NewsNation · 21m

ICE can use Rikers Island jail for criminal investigations

New York City’s Rikers Island jail facility will house federal officials to assist in ongoing criminal investigations

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NYC lets immigration officials open an office at Rikers jail, a priority for Trump

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang ...

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5 inmates have died at Rikers Island in past six weeks, officials say

The New York City Department of Correction confirms Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died while in custody Monday night, just one day after his birthday. Officials say staff noticed he was visibly ill while ...

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Another death in custody at Rikers, officials said — jail on track to outpace last year

Another person died on Rikers Island Monday night, marking the fifth death this year of someone in – or just released – from city Department of Correction custody, officials said Tuesday.

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Rikers inmate dies in ‘medical emergency,’ is fifth convict to die in custody in less than two months

A Rikers Island inmate who allegedly tried to kill a man by slitting his throat died behind bars Monday, the fifth death in city custody in fewer than two months. Dashawn Jenkins, 27, succumbed ...

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