In his first public comments since the Legal Aid Society officially asked a federal judge to strip control of Rikers Island away from the city, Mayor Eric Adams said that the troubled jail complex is better off in the city’s hands.
Read MoreAttorneys with the Legal Aid Society and prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York officially asked a federal judge on Friday to strip the city of its control over Rikers Island and hand the jail complex over to a federal authority.
Read MoreWho is in charge of the city’s troubled Department of Correction? The judge considering whether or not the city is capable of running Rikers Island wants to know.
Read More“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 MoreThe union representing correctional officers working on Rikers Island sued the Department of Correction this week, alleging the agency illegally told officers to speak with the federal monitor responsible for tracking violence in the jail.
Read MoreThe city came closer than it has ever been to having its control over Rikers Island stripped away on Thursday after a federal judge said that she’d consider installing a federal receiver in the coming months.
Read MoreA month ago, the federal monitor charged with overseeing conditions on Rikers Island said the city should be held in contempt for failing to tamp down violent conditions within the notorious jail complex. Four weeks later and just days before a consequential court hearing in a case that could see New York City lose control of Rikers, the monitor says not much has changed.
Read MoreLast week, good government group Citizens Union joined the a number of elected officials, advocates and others in calling for federal Judge Laura Swain to put the city’s notorious jail complex into a federal receivership, or a judicial order that could see the power to manage Rikers handed over to a court-appointed authority.
Read MoreFor the fourth time in as many weeks and for the seventh time this year, a man in the custody of the city’s Department of Correction has died.
Read MoreThe city’s grip over Rikers Island appeared to slip further earlier this week as the federal prosecutor for New York’s Southern District called on the notorious jail complex be turned over to a court-appointed receiver.
Read MoreFor the sixth time this year and the third time in as many weeks, a person in the Department of Correction’s custody has died. William Johnstone, 47, was found unresponsive in the cell he was being held in on Rikers Island around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Department of Correction.
Read MoreThe Department of Correction should be held in contempt of court for its inability to keep the people who are held and who work at Rikers Island safe, the court-appointed federal monitor said in a damning report released Monday.
Read MoreA federal judge said Tuesday that her confidence in the Department of Correction’s ability and commitment to reform troubled Rikers Island has been “shaken” and that she’s open to hearing arguments about why the jail should be handed over to a federal receiver.
Read MoreA federal judge ruled Thursday that it is premature to take control of the Rikers Island jail complex away from New York City and hand it over to a federal receiver.
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.
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