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Death at Rikers Island sparks outrage among reform advocates
PIX 11 News
RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday hassparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The New York City Department of Corrections said that an officer found [&hell…
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14th inmate this year dies at NYC’s Rikers Island: ‘Utterly failing’
New York Post
A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custodydeath at the Big Apple jail complex this year, Correction Department officials said. Aramis Furse “appeared un…
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Rikers-Reform Fight Awaits Mamdani as Advocates Release Jails ‘Blueprint’
Times Union
ALBANY — More than 150 community, prisoner-advocacy and faith-basedorganizations sent a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday urging her to signlegislation that its supporters contend will improve c…
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Rikers inmates increasingly need mental health help. New jails won’t fix that, report says
Gothamist
Sixty percent of the nearly 7,000 inmates at Rikers Island in October required mentalhealth services, up from 42% in a 2016, according to a new report from the DataCollaborative for […]
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Hours Before Expected Release, Rikers Detainee Dies After Apparent Seizure
The City
Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom. Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing inBrooklyn court Friday morning. The judge was then […]
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Rikers-Reform Fight Awaits Mamdani as Advocates Release Jails ‘Blueprint’
The CITY
While running to be New York City’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani pledged to shutterRikers Island and shrink the city’s jail population. Now, as he prepares to take office in just […]
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Five Sleepy Minutes With New York’s Jail Watchdog
New York Focus
Written by Chris Gelardi for New York Focus9/25/2025 Leaders of New York’s corrections oversight agency held their monthly public meetingWednesday. There was much they could have discussed: The stat…
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Advocates await Hochul’s signature on prison oversight reform bill package
New York Amsterdam News
Written by Tandy Lau for New York Amsterdam News on 9/18/25 A bill package strengthening prison oversight remains unsigned by Gov. Kathy Hochulafter passing the state legislature right before the [&he…
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ICE office on Rikers Island remains closed, for now, after state court strikes downMayor Adams’ executive order
AMNY
Written by Shane O’Brien for AMNY on 9/9/25 Elected officials and criminal justice advocates have welcomed a New York StateSupreme Court ruling on Monday that struck down an executive order [&hellip…
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Another Rikers Island death: Man succumbs after reported seizure; third in-custody death at facility in two weeks
AMNY
Written by Adam Daly for AMNY A man died in custody at Rikers Island on Wednesday night after suffering whatappeared to be a seizure, the city’s Department of Correction said. […]
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City & State NY: Parole and sentencing reform left out of omnibus prison reform bill
City & State New York
Written by Rebecca C. Lewis at City & State New York 6/11/2025 In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at MarcyCorrectional Facility late last […]
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With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package
CBS 6 Albany
With days left in session, state democrats move on prison reform package Written by Briana Supardi at CBS 6 Albany 6/10/2025 With just days left in the legislative session, New […]
