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23 Apr 2020, 12:40 pm
Facilities including Rikers Island jail in New York, Oakdale federal prison in Louisiana, and many others have already seen deadly outbreaks. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 10:07 am
In New York City’s Rikers Island jail, for example, the jail’s chief doctor says that despite the best efforts of medical staff, there is “a public health disaster unfolding before our eyes. [read post]
5 Apr 2020, 6:15 pm
Similarly, the infection rate in New York’s Rikers Island is seven times higher than New York City, and seventy-five times higher than the United States. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 3:00 am
To avoid a coronavirus outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio is planning on releasing up to 1,000 inmates from Rikers island. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 7:31 am
New York City is home to it’s own archipelago of three federal jails, three borough jails, eight functioning jails on Rikers Island, two locked prison wards, and lockup facilities in each of seven state and federal criminal courthouses in the five boroughs. [read post]
28 Mar 2020, 2:52 pm
Some inmates released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak are being given free cellphones, cab fare and even hotel rooms as they head out the door, according to sources and a City Hall rep. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 3:45 am
Rachel Bedard is a geriatrician on Rikers Island. [read post]
22 Mar 2020, 5:54 pm
Rapist Harvey Weinstein has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.Weinstein, who turned 68 last Thursday, is being isolated at Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York.Weinstein is said to have told prison staff he believed he has the virus when he entered the state prison system last Wednesday from notorious Rikers Island where a number of inmates have the virus. [read post]
22 Mar 2020, 5:54 pm
Rapist Harvey Weinstein has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.Weinstein, who turned 68 last Thursday, is being isolated at Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York.Weinstein is said to have told prison staff he believed he has the virus when he entered the state prison system last Wednesday from notorious Rikers Island where a number of inmates have the virus. [read post]
18 Mar 2020, 7:34 pm
Today, the first case of COVID-19 was reported among a Rikers Island detainee. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 2:00 am
As the News Roundup noted last week, Weinstein was being housed prior to sentencing in an infirmary unit at Riker’s Island after undergoing a heart procedure immediately following his conviction last month. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 5:30 am
[New York Post] * Harvey Weinstein spent his first night at Riker's Island yesterday, a far cry from the red carpet. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 2:00 am
The Associated Press reports that Harvey Weinstein was moved to an infirmary unit at Rikers Island this week after undergoing a heart procedure immediately following his conviction last month on charges of rape and sexual assault. [read post]
24 Feb 2020, 6:39 pm
As I noted on FoxBusiness.Com, Weinstein was remanded – likely in the “tombs” or on Rikers Island – pending sentence. [read post]
4 Feb 2020, 5:43 am
Smuggling of contraband continues to be a problem at Rikers Island. [read post]
14 Jan 2020, 2:00 am
On October 17, 2019, the City Council approved a plan to replace Rikers Island. [read post]
4 Jan 2020, 8:57 am
These changes include (but are not limited to) the following: raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years; comprehensive bail reform; discovery reform; significant changes in the speedy trial statute; the anticipated closing of the Rikers Island detention and correctional facilities; significant changes in the imposition of solitary confinement of state prisoners; the expansion of the use of desk appearance tickets (and the consequent reduction of the number of custodial… [read post]
4 Dec 2019, 2:00 am
The City wastes little time in efforts to shutter Rikers Island and get construction across the boroughs started. [read post]
22 Oct 2019, 7:36 am
Activists and Council member Jimmy Van Brammer are alleging that Council Member Karen Koslowitz signed a secret pact with de Blasio that she would vote for his proposal to close Rikers Island if he would put a stop to the redesign of the Boulevard of Death. [read post]
22 Oct 2019, 6:00 am
The four men say Rikers officials transferred them to an Albany jail for the sole purpose of circumventing New York City ordinances. [read post]
