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“He’s not standing up”: Protesters want Hakeem Jeffries to lead an aggressive opposition to Trump
Author: Russell Payne with Salon2/21/25 Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered outside the central Brooklyn office of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. D-N.Y., on Thursday to demand that the minority leader put up [&he…
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Another Death in NYC Jail, as Mayor Adams Plans to Send in ICE
Author: Alexander Lekhtman with Filter2/20/25The New York City jails crisis is spiraling; a 34th person is now reported to have died in custodyunder the tenure of Mayor Eric Adams (D). […]
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Man held on Rikers for 19 months becomes first to die in jails in 2025
Author: Jacob Kaye with Queens Daily Eagle2/20/25A 38-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Wednesday morning.Ramel Powell, who had been held in the city’s jails for nearly two years as […]
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Rikers Island Sees Another Inmate Die in Custody Amid Calls for Federal Takeover – and Return of ICE
Author: Robert Pozarycki with amNY Date: February 19, 2025 Another individual incarcerated on Rikers Island has died, the Correction Department (DOC) announced early Wednesday morning. The unidentifie…
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Rikers Island detainee dies in jail complex’s first death of 2025
Author: 1010 WINS Newsroom with AudacyFebruary 19th, 2025 NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A Rikers Island jail complex inmate died while in custody on Wednesday morning, marking the first detainee […]
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State prison oversight group: Marcy fatality review ‘could take years’
Author: Kate Lisa with Spectrum News 1/29/2025 It could take years for the state Commission on Correction to complete a mortality review of an incarcerated man who was beaten to […]
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City nominates itself to take over Rikers
Author: By Jacob Kaye with Queens Daily Eagle. 1/24/2025 City Hall late Friday told a federal judge that she should look no further than the current Department of Correction commissioner […]
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The SCOC Is Failing To Keep Incarcerated People From Harlem To The Hudson Safe
Author: N/A 1/9/2025 As the 2025 legislative session kicks off, conditions in jails and prisons across the state are deadly and dangerous for incarcerated people and those who work there. […]
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Fed Up: City held in contempt over jail conditions as federal judge favors receivership
By Tandy Lau from Amsterdam News Published on December 5, 2024 Federal judge Laura Taylor Swain held the City of New York in civil contempt last Wednesday, Nov. 27 for […]
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Judge ‘Inclined’ to strip city of control of Rikers Island
By Jacob Kaye from the Queens Daily EaglePublished on November 27, 2024 A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of […]
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Judge holds NYC in contempt over worsening conditions on Rikers, says Federal takeover likely
By Chris Sommerfeldt from the Daily News Published on November 27, 2024 A federal judge held New York City’s government in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions […]
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Advocates renew calls to close Rikers Island as possible federaltakeover looms
By Courtney Gross from Spectrum News NY1 Published September 25, 2024 Lawyers for prisoners on Rikers Island continued in court Wednesday to make the same arguments they have for years […]
