Notorious jail barge cut from city’s shores
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The city’s notorious jail barge was cut from its shores last week and sent south to be turned into scrap metal, putting an end to a dark chapter in the city’s history.
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‘I cried that whole night’: Families say DOC did little to tell them their loved ones died on Rikers
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A City Council bill discussed Friday would define the procedures the DOC and Correctional Health Services – the branch of the city’s hospital system that provides medical care on Rikers Island – should take to notify an incarcerated person’s emergency contacts when that person is seriously injured, hospitalized or attempts suicide.
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