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NYC Defies Mayor Adams to Ban Solitary Confinement, Rein In NYPD
By Alexander Lekhtman, Via Filter The New York City Council has overwhelmingly approved a package of police and jail reforms, in defiance of Mayor Eric Adams (D). Now, New York […]
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What happened to Biden’s promises on criminal justice reform?
By Max Burns, Opinion Contributed via The Hill Back in his 2020 run for the White House, Joe Biden won over the skittish left in part because of his willingness […]
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Rikers Island detainee collapses, dies during basketball game in the first 2024 jail death
By: Erin White via 1010 WINS/Audacy A detainee on Rikers Island died on Thursday after collapsing during a basketball game, marking the first New York City jail death of 2024, […]
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NYC Mayor Adams pledges to close Rikers Island but wavers again over 2027 deadline
By: Elizabeth Kim and Jessy Edwards via Gothamist.com Mayor Eric Adams is pledging to shutter the long-troubled Rikers Island jail complex but recently outlined a number of challenges that could ham…
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NYC Activists Rally as Rikers Receivership Decision Delayed
By: Alexander Lekhtman via Filter Magzine On December 14, a federal judge held the New York City Department of Correction in contempt of court, as Gothamist reported, for failing to inform a…
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New York City Mayor Promotes Austerity and the Carceral State
By: Margaret Kimberley via Black Agenda Report Over the weekend, our lead organizer Melanie Dominguez joined Black Agenda radio to discuss Mayor Eric Adams’s proposed 5% budget cuts to city [&hellip…
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New York City Has Days to Agree On Plan to Combat Rikers Abuses
By: Alexander Lekhtman via Filter Magazine federal judge is demanding that New York City take rapid action over conditions in its Rikers Island jail complex. The jail is supposed to […]
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Federal Monitor Chides City Jails Brass for Increased Violence, Lies
By: Reuven Blau via The City As pressure mounts for the city to turn things around at Rikers Island, Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina and his staff tried to […]
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Man Dead At Rikers, Becoming 8th Inmate [ Incarcerated Person] To Die In NYC Custody In 2023
By: Cailin Loesch via Patch.com NEW YORK CITY, NY — A man in Rikers Island died Tuesday morning, becoming the eighth New Yorker to die in city jail custody this […]
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Department of Correction: 8th person dies at Rikers Island this year
By: News 12 Staff via News12 Brooklyn Department of Correction: 8th person dies at Rikers Island this year Aug 22, 2023, 1:27pmUpdated 23h ago By: News 12 Staff 0:13 / 1:59 […]
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Rikers Island detainee dead of suspected drug overdose; 8th fatality in city Correction Department custody in 2023
By; Thomas Tracy via NY Daily News A 33-year-old Rikers Island inmate arrested for back-to-back stabbings in Queens last year was found dead in his cell early Tuesday — the eighth cit…
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Correcting corrections: Federal judge plans to hear out Rikers receivership arguments
By: Tandy Lau via Amsterdam News Rikers Island is legally-mandated to close by 2027. But before then, receivership—which temporarily wrests control over the embattled jail from the city—is now on…
