As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...
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Hundreds 'stuck' on Rikers Island due to state prison dysfunction, officials said
An illegal strike by state correction officers was resolved, but its ripple effects are creating more dangerous conditions at ...
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Rikers Island security chief sacked week after correction officers’ union called for ouster over violence: sources
Rikers Islands’ security chief was ... according to figures from the city Comptroller’s Office. Slashings and stabbings on the prison island have been sporadic, with downward trends following ...
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Rikers Island jails won’t close by 2027 deadline, independent commission finds
A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.
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Psycho alleged killer attacks 48 people at Rikers Island in 2 years — and latest victim says she’s ‘traumatized’
Sundance Oliver, 30, a Brooklyn gangbanger locked up on murder charges for allegedly killing two people and wounding a third, has been just as violent at Rikers Island — attacking 48 officers ...
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What to Know About Proposals to Fix the Chaos at Rikers Island
By Hurubie Meko A federal judge overseeing the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is weighing two distinct proposals on how to fix the city’s troubled and violent lockups. For nearly a ...
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Rikers Island ruling: Federal judge finds NYC in contempt of reform decree, ‘inclined’ to putting jail under receiver
the City of New York, which ordered the city to make significant changes to curtail violence in the jail complex on Rikers Island ... stabbings, slashings, fights, assaults on staff, and deaths ...
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Rikers Island
That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...
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How Rikers Island Jail In New York City Actually Works
Rikers Island is home to some of the most notorious and violent jails in the world. It is located in the East River in New York City. The majority of its detainees have not yet been convicted of a ...