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Corrections Officers at Multiple N.Y. State Prisons Go on Strike
Corrections officers at prisons in Buffalo and Auburn have gone on strike, despite the union representing the officers not ...
Rikers Island has first death of 2025, detainee had been held 19 months
A 37-year-old man died in a city jail on Rikers Island early Wednesday, in the first death in the system in 2025, according ...
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NYC jail watchdog group warns new Rikers high-security unit is ‘keg of dynamite’
The Department of Correction came under fire Tuesday from a city oversight board for quietly creating a new high-security unit on Rikers Island that may violate a law limiting the use of solitary ...
The Hill4d
Homan pushes back on allegation on Adams case being ordered to be dropped for Rikers access
“We talked about getting a presence in Rikers Island, we talked about how we can collaborate on public safety threats,” Homan said Sunday. The DOJ recently ordered federal prosecutors to drop ...
The Art Newspaper11d
How Faith Ringgold’s mural for incarcerated women escaped Rikers Island
Over time, women were transferred from the original women's detention hall on Rikers Island. “They didn't move the painting, they just moved the women,” says Barbara Drummond, a former guard ...