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ICE still iced out at Rikers ... for now
Chalk one up for the City Council. At least for now. Lawmakers suing Mayor Eric Adams over his bid to welcome U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement onto Rikers Island scored a temporary reprieve from the courts yesterday: A state judge halted all negotiations over the pending facility slated for Rikers Island.
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 ...
We were glad to see reality make an appearance at the recent City Council Criminal Justice Committee hearing on the ill-conceived plan to shutter Rikers Island and build new jails ...
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Judge holds New York City in contempt over jail conditions, paving the way for potential federal takeoverA federal judge on Wednesday found New York City in contempt for failing to address violence and deteriorating conditions at its jails, bringing the notorious Rikers Island complex closer to ...
The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid ...
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 ...
FBI agents arrested two New York correction officers Wednesday accused of beating to death a Rikers Island inmate, Newsweek reports. A pretrial detainee, 52-year-old Ronald Spear, was killed in ...
The same week, a non-renewed, non-transformed Rikers Island reported its fifth inmate death of the year: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, who died of a ruptured appendix after days of obvious symptoms that ...
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