A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.
The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New ...
The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission convened by the City Council ...
It’s the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, following the death last week of 20-year-old Ariel Quidone, and ...
A woman held on Rikers Island died by possible suicide early Thursday, according to correction officials and sources. The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility ...
Adrienne Adams convened the commission in the somewhat more peaceful days of 2023, before she was challenging Eric Adams’ reelection. The 114-page report found, in short, that Rikers can’t close by ...
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‘Dysfunction, violence and neglect’: Independent Rikers Commission release new blueprint for island jail’s closureThe Independent Rikers Commission, a collective tasked with examining the city’s plan to close Rikers Island, has unveiled a ...
An independent commission says the facility can still be shuttered despite a jail population that exceeds capacity of planned ...
Yusef Salaam addressed an intimate audience at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
New York City’s Rikers Island jail spirals into chaos amid pandemic New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has been troubled by years of neglect and now has spiraled into turmoil during ...
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