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 ...
A federal judge recently threatened to send in a receiver to take over the notorious prison, which could soon home the man accused of shooting Brian Thompson.
A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court. In a 77-page ruling, Judge ...
Kyron Randall, 33, accused of beating his roommate to death in a Bronx drug treatment center, died after being taken to ...
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo says he wants to save Rikers Island, the notorious jail complex that has become a symbol of dysfunction in the city's criminal justice system. The city is ...
Aramis Furse has become the 14th person to die in or immediately after he was found “unwell” in his Rikers Island cell.
NEW YORK -- The city corrections commissioner on Tuesday detailed proposed reforms to the problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex that include changes to the housing of teenage and young adult ...
Inmate Kelvin Williams received a five-year sentence for sexually abusing a transgender inmate and for separate incidents ...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised last March to begin closing the entire jail complex over roughly a decade.
NEW YORK (PIX11) — The Supreme Court of the State of New York has issued a preliminary injunction to block New York City Mayor Eric Adams from opening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...
This week, a federal judge appointed a remediation manager for Rikers Island. So will it make a difference in conditions there? "They didn't create this mess. I don't think they made it much better.
New York City jails have a long history of abuse and negligence toward the incarcerated population. Rikers was heavily criticized in the 1970s and ’80s for overpopulation, dangerous conditions and ...
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