A Rikers Island correctional officer will be fired after being found guilty this week of sexually abusing a woman in his ...
Seeing how he did that…in regular society, due to the laws, he knows that, all right, if I attack an officer here, it’s not ...
FILE - The Rikers Island jail complex is shown in the Bronx borough of New York, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File) (Ted Shaffrey, Copyright 2024 ...
NYC Ignored a Rikers Detainee’s Five Rape Reports. Now the City Is Paying $4 Million — and Officials Still Won’t Explain Why ...
It’s official. After years of court battles, debate, and continued concerns about violence and excessive force plaguing the troubled jails system, a federal judge stripped New York City of its control ...
New York City lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on several bills aimed at improving conditions for people in custody and laying more groundwork for the eventual closure of the Rikers Island jails.
The City Council this week unanimously passed a bill that would require the Department of Correction to be more transparent ...
Legal Aid Society's evaluation of New York City jail complex's progress. — -- When New York City settled a class-action lawsuit over abuses at Rikers Island, officials agreed to implement reforms ...
Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom. Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in ...
A pair of federal immigration bigwigs on Thursday called for the long-shuttered ICE office at the Rikers Island jail complex ...
NEW YORK — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling dysfunction ...
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