Video: ‘Shut Down Rikers’ Protesters Drown Out, Fluster Mayor
By: Matt Troutman via Patch NEW YORK CITY — Protesters drowned out and visibly flustered Mayor Eric Adams with chants of “shut down Rikers” during a news conference Thursday. One protester was reportedly arrested as he tried to break through a perimeter set up around Adams’ event in Brooklyn. The chaotic conference was streamed live online, giving […]
Advocates Call 3rd Rikers Island Death In July “Sickening”
By: Coral Murphy Marcos via Patch QUEENS — A 47-year-old man died at Rikers Island over the weekend after having spent nearly four months in the custody of city jails, according to a Department of Correction spokesperson. William Johnstone was found unresponsive in his cell in the George R. Vierno Center at about 1:50 p.m. […]
Rally against Rikers Island comes after scathing report from Office of the Monitor
Emergency hearing held on future of Rikers Island after recent federal monitor reports
By: Natalie Duddridge via CBSNY NEW YORK — Demonstrators on Tuesday protested outside a federal court in Manhattan, where an emergency hearing was held to look into how Rikers Island is being operated. As CBS2 found out, a judge is inching closer to shifting control of the troubled jail. Protesters, including people formerly incarcerated at Rikers, say conditions […]
Fed monitor expected to rebuke CO commissioner for treatment of incarcerated people on Rikers Island
By: ABC7 News staff via ABC7NY RIKERS ISLAND (WABC) — The federal monitor for Rikers Island delivered a stinging rebuke of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina in court Tuesday over alleged violent and negligent treatment of incarcerated people by jail staff. Meanwhile, people directly impacted by Rikers gather at Foley Square ahead of the federal court conference […]
Rally against Rikers Island comes after scathing report from Office of the Monitor
By: News 12 Staff via News12 Brooklyn An emergency hearing was held in U.S. District Court following a report from the Office of the Monitor detailing the increasing issues taking place on Rikers Island. Dozens of activists rallied in Foley Square against the current conditions within the jail facility on Tuesday in response to […]
NYC DOC rolls back transparency as a third Rikers-related death in 2023 is reported
By; Tandy Lau Via Amsterdam News No news is bad news. The NYC Department of Corrections (DOC) recently stopped informing the public about custody deaths in the wake of the third known Rikers Island-related death this year. Last Tuesday, May 30, the New York Times reported the death of Joshua Valles, who was held at Rikers’ Anna […]
[Incarcerated person] leaps to death on Rikers Island in NY. 37th death in 2 years
By; Randall via Asamnews.com Authorities at Rikers Island say an inmate identified as Rubu Zhao jumped to his death this weekend at the New York City jail, reports the Daily News. The 52-year-old accused murderer is the 37th detainee to die at the facility since early 2021. “I am saddened by the circumstances that led to […]
Probation is utilized more assertively by CT than by other states, As reported in statistics.
By; Nathaniel Wright via BollyInside Connecticut has a high rate of probation usage, with over 30,000 people currently on probation, As reported in a report by the Prison Policy Initiative and the Katal Center. This is nearly 1% of the state’s population and over three times the number of people in jail or prison. Connecticut […]
Connecticut incarceration rates are low, but probation rates aren’t
By: Molly Ingram via WSHU Public Radio Almost 1% of Connecticut’s population is on probation. That’s 30,000 people — and three times the amount of people incarcerated in the state. According to a new report from the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, the state uses probation more aggressively than its peers, and it’s causing reincarnation […]
