A federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to the Adams administration’s efforts to retain control of Rikers Island, denying a motion that sought to undo her decision to put the troubled jail complex under federal receivership.
Read MoreFormer Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that he would build new “state-of-the-art” jails on Rikers island in lieu of the four borough-based jails currently being built, if he is elected mayor.
Read MoreNearly 30 people recently told a federal judge that they want to be put in charge of the troubled jail complex and be appointed “remediation manager,” according to a recent report from the judge’s federal monitor, Steve J. Martin.
Read MoreThe search for the person who will assume significant control of the city’s notoriously violent jails, taking power away from the mayor and Department of Correction commissioner, began in earnest on Friday.
Read MoreThe City Council on Monday passed a bill that they say will bring transparency to the way the city’s Department of Correction announces and shares information about detainee deaths.
Read MoreA 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.
Read MoreA federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers Island, several days after a state judge said Mayor Eric Adams’ efforts to prevent the law from taking effect were illegal.
Read MoreA federal judge took the extraordinary step of stripping the city of its control over Rikers Island, ruling that City Hall could no longer be trusted to tamp down the violence that has plagued the dangerous jail complex for decades.
Read MoreAs a federal judge continues to consider taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control, a jail expert hired by the city says that current Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie should remain in charge of the violent jail complex.
Read MoreA 21-year-old being held on Rikers Island died over the weekend, marking the third detainee death seen at the troubled jail complex in less than a month.
Read MoreA 38-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Wednesday morning.
Read MoreIf a federal judge follows through with her threat to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, she should make sure plans to shutter the dangerous jail complex by 2027 remain in place, attorneys with the City Council said in a court filing this week.
Read MoreThe monitor appointed by a judge to track violence in the city’s notorious jail complex said in a highly-anticipated report last week that a yet-to-be-implemented city law banning solitary confinement would “only exacerbate the current dangerous conditions” on Rikers Island.
Read MoreCity Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look no further than the current Department of Correction commissioner should she choose to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island and hand the notorious jail complex over to a receiver.
Read MorePart two of the Eagle’s deep dive into the history of Rikers and how it may impact the troubled jail complex’s future.
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