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Judge orders Rikers Island safe from federal takeover, for now
By: Ayanna Harry via PIX11 NEW YORK (PIX11) — A judge stopped short of ordering a federal takeover of Rikers Island after a court hearing Thursday afternoon. Judge Laura Swain said she [&h…
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Receiver Could Soon Take Over Rikers Island, After New Damning Report
By: Alexander Lekhtman via Filter Magazine The political and legal battle over the future of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has reignited after publication of a damning report […]
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Federal Judge Eyes a ‘Last Resort’ Fix for New York City’s Jails
By: Beth Schwartzapfel via The Marshall Project Last month, a federal judge overseeing a court settlement seeking to make New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jails safer signaled…
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Closing Rikers Island and Decarcerating New York City
By: Margaret Kimberely via Black Agenda Radio Melanie Dominguez is the lead organizer for the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice. She joins us to discuss the ongoing crisis at […]
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Opinion: Eric Adams has failed. It’s time for a federal receiver to take over at Rikers
By: gabriel sayegh via City & State On Sunday, another man incarcerated at the Rikers Island jail complex died. Curtis Davis was at least the 26th person to die in the New York [&he…
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‘Heartbreaking’ – Inmate advocates address Rikers Island death; 6th inside NYC jails this year
By News 12 Staff via News12 The New York City Department of Correction announced another death at Rikers Island, marking the sixth incarcerated individual to die in a New York City jail [&he…
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DOC: Inmate dies on Rikers Island; sixth death in NYC jails so far this year
By News 12 Staff via News12 An inmate at Rikers Island died Sunday morning, marking the sixth death at a New York City jail since this year started. The Department of […]
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Calls for federal takeover of NYC’s Rikers Island continue, Mayor Adams opposes the move
By: Sonia Rincon via ABC7NY NEW YORK (WABC) — Is the federal takeover of New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail imminent? Many signs are pointing to that conclusion, and it [&hel…
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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 [&helli…
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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, […]
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Dialed In: City Hall Set to Supply Free Phones to People Newly Released from Rikers
By; Reuven Blau via The City Rikers Island detainees fresh out of lockup — including some with serious mental illnesses — will soon receive free smartphones to better connect them […]
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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 [……
