Action plan won’t end Rikers dysfunction, advocates say
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The city submitted its action plan to turn around the dysfunction on Rikers Island last week. Advocates say it’s not enough.
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Federal receivership won’t come yet, city given time to measure Rikers fixes
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A federal judge gave the city more time Tuesday to stave off the potential federal receivership of Rikers Island.
Read MoreMan dies on Rikers, fourth death this year
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Dashawn Carter had been in DOC custody for less than a week when he was found dead of suspected suicide inside the Anna M. Kross Center on Saturday, May 7, according to DOC officials.
Read MoreOpinion: New York Should Do Better for Moms on Rikers
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“The mothers and daughters at Rosie’s deserve better. Many can be safely brought back to our families and communities to get treatment, services and support.”
Read MoreCity Council demands DOC do more to prevent suicides
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“There's no cure for nightmares – some days I just think I'm still in solitary and this is a dream I’m free.”
Read MoreU.S. attorney threatens federal takeover of Rikers
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The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York threatened a federal takeover of Rikers Island in a letter to a federal judge Tuesday.
Read MoreRikers correctional officers cuffed for smuggling
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Two correctional officers working on Rikers Island, including one from Queens, were arrested after they allegedly spent months helping to smuggle drugs and other banned items into the jail complex.
Read MoreReformists rally against Hochul plan for rollbacks
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“This is an unacceptable way to pass legislation. It is also bad policy.”
Read MoreRikers staffing still a wreck: Federal Monitor
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Another damning report on the conditions inside the Rikers Island jails was released, outlining pervasive pitfalls and mismanagement that has contributed to the continued crisis inside the city’s jail.
Conditional release commission has no commissioners
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It’s been two years since the city’s Local Conditional Release Commission was created – why is it still without a single commissioner?
Read MoreHolden bill aims to bring back solitary
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City Councilmember Robert Holden recently introduced a bill that aims to bring back punitive segregation for young adults who commit repeated violent acts in the city’s jails.
Read MoreFortune Society exec. talks criminal justice reform
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“What I saw was two realities,” said Stanley Richards, the former first deputy commissioner with the Department of Correction who now serves as the deputy chief executive officer of the Fortune Society, when reflecting on Rikers Island.
Read MoreAdvocates call on city to meet hunger striking detainees’ demands
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Advocates and lawmakers rallied at Rikers Island to call on the city to meet the demands made by hunger striking detainees who say they’ve had enough of the deteriorating conditions inside the jail complex.
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BOC slams mayor’s office for skirting jail rules with executive orders
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“I can assure you that getting an implementation timeline in place is one of my top priorities.”
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