NYC jail watchdog group warns new Rikers high-security unit is ‘keg of dynamite’
The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...
Rikers correction officer on the mend after detainee sucker-punches her in face
Robert Ray, who allegedly punched Correction Officer Shamika Mitchell in the face on Rikers Island, is in jail for allegedly punching an MTA station agent, also a woman, in the face.
Man held on Rikers Island sucker-punches female corrections officer, causing severe head injury
A man held on Rikers Island sucker-punched a female correction officer in the head from behind without warning Saturday, causing injuries severe enough to require emergency surgery, according to ...
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Inmate's Sucker Punch Seriously Injures New York City Correction Officer
A Rikers Island correction officer suffered bleeding on the brain and underwent emergency surgery after she was struck in the ...
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Rikers opens wellness center, including ‘serenity room,’ for correction officers
The space is located in Otis Bantum Correctional Center, where 800 uniformed staff work. The Department of Corrections is planning to open similar centers at other facilities on Rikers ...
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A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
“We are not in a position to transfer (the Otis Bantum Correctional Center) to DCAS. Population estimates that were made under the prior administration, that we would only have only 4,000 or less ...
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Wernersville Community Corrections Center set to close
SOUTH HEIDELBERG TWP., Pa. - Following years of calls for its closure, a controversial corrections center in South Heidelberg Township is shutting down operations. The Pennsylvania Department of ...