Weinstein was quick to call out Rikers Island, where he is in custody, saying he wasn't sure he would live until the spring while inside the "hell hole" jail complex, which sits near LaGuardia Airport ...

It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island ... Ranked as one of the 10 worst correctional facilities in the US, inmates there await being ...

Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...

he said “she has played a central role in the progress we have made" in bringing down violence on Rikers Island. Now, his administration is proposing a new role for Maginley-Liddie: compliance ...

The space is located in Otis Bantum Correctional ... centers at other facilities on Rikers, according to a news release. “Having these resources available to them on-island will better support ...

Most of the inmates are charged with low ... At least 33 people have died in the facility since 2022, according to City & State NY. Rikers Island has a legally mandated deadline to close in ...

Weinstein even claimed to be speaking up on behalf of his fellow inmates ... returning to Rikers Island. Weinstein was previously incarcerated at Mohawk Correctional Facility.

the Benders founded and pastored Joy Fellowship Church and started a street evangelism ministry as well as a prison ministry for inmates in Rikers Island and Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.