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Another Death in NYC Jail, as Mayor Adams Plans to Send in ICE
Filter
By Alexander Lekhtman at FilterFebruary 20th, 2025 The New York City jails crisis is spiraling; a 34th person is now reported to have died in custodyunder the tenure of Mayor […]
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Man held on Rikers for 19 months becomes first to die in jails in 2025
Queens Daily Eagle
By Jacob Kaye at Queens Daily EagleFebruary 20th, 2025 A 38-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Wednesday morning. Ramel Powell, who had been held in the city’s jails for […]
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Rikers Island Sees Another Inmate Die in Custody Amid Calls for Federal Takeover – and Return of ICE
AMNY
By Robert Pozarycki at amNYFebruary 19, 2025 Another individual incarcerated on Rikers Island has died, the Correction Department (DOC) announced early Wednesday morning. The unidentified inmate was f…
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Rikers Island detainee dies in jail complex’s first death of 2025
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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 death […]
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State prison oversight group: Marcy fatality review ‘could take years’
Spectrum News
By Kate Lisa at Spectrum NewsJanuary 29th, 2025 It could take years for the state Commission on Correction to complete a mortality review of an incarcerated man who was beaten […]
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City nominates itself to take over Rikers
Queens Daily Eagle
By Jacob Kaye with Queens Daily Eagle.January 24th, 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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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 […]
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Judge directs NYC to develop plan for possible federal takeoverof Rikers Island jail
By Philip Marcelo via AP News NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday directed New York City officials to begindeveloping a plan for a possible federal takeover of […]
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Advocates renew call for Rikers Island closure as judge’s decision on possible federal takeover looms
By Dean Moses via AMNY Criminal justice advocates rallied in Lower Manhattan Wednesday to demand the closure of Rikers Island as a federal judge mulls whether to hand over the […]
