Council to vote on long-stalled solitary confinement ban
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The New York City Council is expected this week to vote on – and pass – a long-stalled bill that would effectively ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails.
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‘Unacceptable and contemptuous’: Judge finds DOC in contempt for Rikers arson unit debacle
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A federal judge found the Department of Correction in contempt of court on Thursday after it failed to communicate with the federal monitor about the opening of a secure housing unit in November.
Read MoreMayor names new jails boss
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Nearly a month after City Hall said a new agency head would be named to replace Louis Molina, whose long-awaited “promotion” to serve as assistant deputy mayor of public safety was also made official Friday, Mayor Eric Adams tapped Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, an eight-year veteran of the DOC, to serve as Molina’s successor.
Read MoreRikers monitor says relationship with DOC has ‘eroded’
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With his days as Department of Correction commission numbered, Louis Molina was given a scathing review by the federal monitor charged with keeping track of violence on Rikers Island.
Read MoreMonth after ‘promotion,’ Molina remains DOC boss
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City Hall said Louis Molina would move from Department of Correction commissioner to assistant deputy mayor in “mid-November.” But in a sworn affidavit this week, Molina said he remains in charge of the agency, and doesn’t know when a successor will be named.
Read MoreMolina bids farewell to oversight board he largely ignored
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Louis Molina appeared before the Board of Correction for last time as commissioner of the Department of Correction this week. For most of his tenure, Molina largely ignored and fought with the oversight body.
Read MoreRikers monitor slams DOC as commissioner heads out the door
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The “promotion” of Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina has done little to convince the federal monitor tasked with keeping tabs on conditions at Rikers Island that the jail complex will get any safer as a result – in fact, it appears to have done just the opposite.
Read MoreFederal judge scolds DOC boss for ‘disturbing’ attempt to influence Rikers monitor
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“These actions are, simply put, unacceptable,” a federal judge said of Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina’s alleged attempt to influence a report compiled by the monitor in charge of keeping tabs on conditions on Rikers Island.
Read MoreMonitor says Rikers is getting worse as detainee becomes 9th to die this year
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On the same day a 27-year-old man became the ninth person to die in Department of Correction custody this year, the federal monitor tracking conditions on Rikers Island said reforming the notorious jail complex is a prospect that is “falling even further out of reach.”
Read MoreCouncil to introduce Rikers transparency bills
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After having been accused by judges, advocates, lawmakers, oversight agencies, attorneys and others of failing to be transparent about what happens on Rikers Island, the Department of Correction may be legally required to open its records, video recordings and more to an oversight board should two bills set to be introduced in the City Council on Thursday pass into law.
Read MoreBOC chair absent from crucial Rikers oversight hearing
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The embattled chair of the Department of Correction’s oversight body was missing in action on Friday during the Board of Correction’s monthly meeting, the first to be held since the oversight board sued the DOC over the agency’s decision to revoke the board’s remote access to video surveillance footage from within Rikers Island.
Read MoreMayor calls for new Rikers closure proposal as his administration fails to follow current plan
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Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on his opposition to the plan to close Rikers Island on Tuesday and called on the City Council to craft a new proposal to close the city’s jail complex where over two dozen people have died since the mayor took office last year.
Read MoreAdams administration continues to miss Rikers closure deadlines
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The Adams administration has yet to complete a single transfer of land on Rikers Island, a crucial part of the city’s plan to turn the jail complex into a renewable energy hub by 2027.
Read MoreBayside man dies at Rikers Island
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For the eighth time this year, a person being held in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction has died.
Read MoreQueens lawmakers call Rikers 'cheerful' days before judge to consider federal takeover
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Queens City Councilmember Robert Holden this week said Rikers Island had a “great atmosphere” after taking a tour of the jail complex where over two dozen people have died in the last two years.
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