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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]
26 Jun 2010, 7:58 am
NYT – “Robert Halderman, known as Joe, who was arrested last fall on charges of extorting David Letterman, is now helping inmates choose books at Rikers Island. [read post]
9 Jul 2014, 5:57 pm
New York City's Department of Investigation today arrested a corrections captain and two guards for assaulting an inmate at Rikers Island, beating him unconscious with a baton, and then falsifying records to cover up their misconduct. [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 4:27 am
When Rikers Island ran out of room, they put people on a barge brought in to take the overflow. [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]
3 Feb 2013, 9:00 pm
Rikers Island inmates are soaking city taxpayers by suing over everything from slippery shower floors to beds they claim are too short, a Post analysis has found. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 2:00 am
On September 5, 2019, City Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting and Maritime Uses held a public hearing regarding the City’s application to close Rikers Island and create a Borough Based Jail System. [read post]
18 Dec 2014, 9:27 am
Federal prosecutors sued [case materials] New York City on Thursday over violent conditions at Rikers Island prison [official website]. [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]
20 May 2009, 1:21 pm
With four confirmed cases of swine flu on Riker's Island and 4 probable cases, fear has gripped both inmates and corrections officers alike who are confined on Riker's Island. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 1:18 pm
It is said that many of the top prison officials helped create the so-called "man's world" at Riker's Island. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 1:18 pm
It is said that many of the top prison officials helped create the so-called "man's world" at Riker's Island. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 6:22 pm
As discussed here in a July 9 post, New York City's Department of Investigation has been engaged in an intensive and detailed probe into misconduct inside the City's largest jail complex, Rikers Island. [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 1:56 pm
The #CLOSErikers campaign was launched in April 2016 to close Rikers Island, the second largest jail in the country. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 2:00 am
Recently the City got some good news about Rikers Island, a change from the bad news of recent years. [read post]
29 May 2014, 1:39 pm
Murdough isn't the first mentally ill inmate to die at Rikers Island. [read post]
15 Mar 2015, 4:20 pm
Courtesy of the New York Daily NewsNYC Corrections Officer Gary Heyward worked Rikers Island for a number of years. [read post]
31 Jul 2016, 5:00 am
From The New York Times: Under intense pressure to improve conditions in the jail complex on Rikers Island, the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio has developed a plan to move 16- and 17-year-olds to a dedicated jail for youths... [read post]
6 May 2019, 1:02 pm
The men say they were transferred from Rikers Island to the Albany County Jail for infractions ranging from the petty to the near-deadly. *** Read more… [read post]
20 May 2019, 1:06 pm
BY JB NICHOLAS *** New York City’s plan to close Rikers Island has hit a snag: New York State’s parole system, which sends more people back to prison for petty parole violations than nearly every other state in the country.The plan to close the infamous jail hinges on reducing its population to under 5,000 people, a number that could fit into four new jails to be built near courthouses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens. [read post]
