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A Correction officer found the man – whose name has not been released pending family notification – lying on the floor of a ...
A bill passed by the City Council would publish information about inmates deaths in custody at city jails after the next-of-kin is notified.
The man, who was identified late Tuesday as Edwin Quispe, 33, was found unresponsive in a bathroom at the Eric M. Taylor ...
A man detained at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex died on Tuesday due to a medical emergency, jail officials said, ...
A former Rikers Island guard was convicted of felony charges after prosecutors say he planted a weapon inside the cell of a ...
For the first time in months, the number of New Yorkers being processed into the state’s prisons is higher than the number ...
The notorious jail complex on Rikers Island is legally set to close by August 2027, but Mayor Adams is reporting reconsidering the plans while granting ICE permission to open an office inside (AP) ...
The wildcat strike ended after three weeks. Yet four months later, thousands of officer positions remain unfilled, and the ...
Rikers Island is a humanitarian crisis, especially for those with severe mental illness. Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not ...
(The Center Square) – A state judge in New York has extended a temporary restraining order barring federal immigration officials from setting up a permanent office at the Rikers Island jail. The ...
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