It was one of the first times Mayor Eric Adams, who has often criticized criminal justice reforms passed in the city and state prior to his election, has cast doubt on the city’s efforts to close Rikers Island by 2027, as mandated by city law.
Read MoreThough there has yet to be a case detected in the city’s jails, the Legal Aid Society is calling on the city to be more transparent with its plans for vaccinating and treating its incarcerated population for monkeypox.
Read MoreThe city has yet to issue any updates on the transfer of Rikers Island facilities to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, after Mayor Eric Adams announced the July transfer would not happen.
Read MoreAmid the city’s heat wave, public defense attorneys are calling on the Department of Correction to better protect incarcerated individuals from the soaring temperatures.
Read MoreA 31-year-old detainee on Rikers Island died Sunday night, marking the tenth death in Department of Correction custody this year.
Read MoreAttorneys representing incarcerated clients on Rikers Island argued in court that the Department of Correction has been potentially fudging its data to show that it’s in compliance with its mandate to offer medical care to people in custody.
Read MoreFollowing the deaths of three detainees in less than a week, Mayor Eric Adams made a trip to Rikers Island on Wednesday to tout the Department of Correction’s clamp down on illegal weapons and to defend the agency's officers who have come under fire in the past year for missing work in large numbers.
Read MoreFor the seventh and eighth times this year, two people detained on Rikers Island died while in Department of Correction custody on Monday and Tuesday.
Read MoreMayor Eric Adams and his Department of Corrections commissioner, Louis Molina, will remain in control of Rikers Island for at least several months longer, a federal judge ruled this week.
Read MoreThe city submitted its action plan to turn around the dysfunction on Rikers Island last week. Advocates say it’s not enough.
Read MoreA federal judge gave the city more time Tuesday to stave off the potential federal receivership of Rikers Island.
Read MoreDashawn 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 More“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 More“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 MoreThe 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.
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