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Lefty NYC Council pols want to spend $1M to speed up Rikers Island closure
The City Council is considering spending $1.1 million on a measure aimed at speeding up the closing of Rikers Island — a bid ...
Judge temporarily blocks NYC Mayor Adams from reopening ICE office on Rikers Island
Manhattan Judge Mary Rosado issued the temporary restraining order at the request of the City Council, which sued to block ...
Harvey Weinstein Becomes an Unlikely Voice in the Push to Close Rikers
The disgraced producer has complained volubly about his treatment in jail on Rikers Island. Advocates for detainees say any ...
Harvey Weinstein’s Life Behind Bars: “He’s Still Running Sh**” (Exclusive)
On the eve of his New York retrial, the fallen mogul spends 23 hours a day alone in his cell, reading biographies and ...
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The art of confinement: Rikers Island detainees’ work goes on display in Bed-Stuy
Inside his cell on Rikers Island, Brian Croskey spends hours every day drawing elaborate artwork to free his mind.
Harvey Weinstein can stay in hospital during #MeToo retrial, judge rules
Judge Paul Goetz late Thursday ordered that Weinstein be relocated from the Rikers Island jail complex to the prison ward at ...
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Ex-Corrections Officer From Mount Vernon Smuggles Drugs Behind Bars: Here's Her Fate
A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for ...
City council, activists defend Rikers Island closure plan amid criticism
Members of the city council and activists are pushing back on criticism of the plan to close Rikers Island— and build four smaller jails. The project is billions ...