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14 Jul 2014, 4:50 am
’ ”And the NY Times reports that a popular sport at Rikers Island - the second largest jail in the US- is beating up mentally ill inmates. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 10:39 am by azatty
(Hint to the wise: Do NOT search Google for “Rikers Island meat. [read post]
Rikers Island houses over 800 juveniles and an alarming one-third of Rikers inmates suffer from mental illness. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 4:50 am by SHG
The defendant, Segundo Marquez, had been held at Rikers Island for more than eight months awaiting trial on reduced misdemeanor rape charges stemming from a 2010 incident. [read post]
23 Oct 2012, 9:22 pm
A New York Criminal Lawyer said he had been charged with three counts of this crime for viciously assaulting three correction officers with a sharpened toothbrush while being housed at the Rikers Island Correction Facility. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 6:59 am by admin
As the name suggests, Rikers is built on an island, and is essentially impenetrable. [read post]
16 Sep 2016, 2:00 am by Jonathon Sizemore
On Friday September 16, 2016, the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School hosted the 136th CityLaw Breakfast. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 3:23 pm by Stephen Bilkis
The culprit, from Staten Island, was unrepentant when he was taken to Rikers Island following his arraignment. [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 2:05 pm by Joe Patrice
A teenager who waited in jail for three years pending trial died in solitary confinement at Rikers Island when his heart exploded. [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 3:00 pm by Joe Patrice
[Reuters] * An in-depth look at New York's Riker's Island facility from the perspective of those who live and work there. [read post]
9 Jun 2015, 5:55 am by Staci Zaretsky
[Idaho Statesman] * Kalief Browder, a man used as an example of our broken justice system, was sent to Riker's Island when he was 16 years old. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 1:00 am by CAFE
Then, we offer the second half of Preet and Vance's conversation from late May, which focuses on Vance’s sex crimes prosecutions, on the relationship between COVID and racialized policing, and on the prospect of closing Riker’s Island. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 2:03 pm by Joe Patrice
[Arrest Records] * Judge lambasts the Bronx DA’s office after an ADA failed to reveal evidence that would have freed a man held at Rikers Island on bogus rape charges. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 7:57 am
For Dawn Harrington, who served time on Rikers Island in New York and now directs an organization called Free Hearts for families affected by incarceration in Tennessee, watching the news coverage of Mr. [read post]
15 May 2008, 7:51 am
Check it out: New York personal injury lawyer Eric Turkewitz takes a critical look at a lawsuit by numbers kingpin-cum-Rikers Island inmate Raymond Marquez, alleging that the New York City Department of Corrections' indoor smoking policy caused Marquez's bladder cancer. [read post]
22 Mar 2020, 5:54 pm by Tom Smith
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 by Tom Smith
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]