Rikers Island still mired in violence as receivership looms
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Violence on Rikers Island remains pervasive as the city waits for a federal judge to appoint a receiver to take over the jails.
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Families, attorneys and lawmakers slam ‘cruel’ Rikers visiting process
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Attorneys and families of people incarcerated on Rikers Island blasted the Department of Correction on Wednesday for what they described as a cruel, degrading and potentially unconstitutional process for visiting people locked in the dangerous jail complex.
Read MoreRikers correction officers sue city over return of 12-hour shifts
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The union representing Rikers Island’s correction officers is suing the city for reinstating forced 12-hour shifts, arguing officials illegally used an emergency order to revive the longer tours.
Read MoreRikers detainee becomes 14th to die in DOC custody this year
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A 32-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Sunday morning, becoming the 14th person to die in the Department of Correction’s custody this year.
Read MoreRikers officer accused by multiple women of sex abuse fired after conviction
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A Rikers Island correctional officer will be fired after being found guilty this week of sexually abusing a woman in his Queens home – a decision that comes years after he was first accused by multiple detained women of sexually abusing them while on the job.
Read MoreCity to send notorious jail barge to Louisiana in the coming days
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The notorious floating jail complex off Rikers Island known as “The Boat” is being moved south to be turned into scrap metal.
Read MoreFederal judge refuses city’s request to review Rikers receivership order
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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 MoreRikers sees third death in two weeks
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The rash of deaths on Rikers Island continued on Wednesday, when a man died after experiencing an apparent medical crisis in the jail complex that has claimed the lives of three people over the last two weeks.
Read MoreCity announces new Rikers reentry pilot program
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The city is piloting a program that gives Rikers Island detainees municipal IDs in the hopes that it eases their transition back into city life.
Read MoreMan becomes ninth person to die in DOC custody this year
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For the ninth time this year, a person died in Department of Correction custody on Tuesday.
Read MoreRikers detainee dies day after atty filed for his release
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A 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.
Read MoreQueens atty cleared of charges after Rikers guards said he brought drug-soaked papers to client
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The Bronx district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional officers of trying to sneak drug-laced papers into Rikers Island.
Read MoreTwo inmates die on Rikers in one afternoon
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Two inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.
Read MoreRikers watchdog praises DOC commissioner even as judge gets set to appoint receiver
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As a federal judge moves forward with her plan to strip the city of its control of Rikers Island, her longtime federal monitor said last week in a new report that while the city’s management of the troubled jails has seen some significant improvements in recent months, the violence and dysfunction that has long plagued Rikers remains.
Read MoreJail expert says DOC boss should remain in charge of Rikers as judge weighs receivership
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As 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.
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