Rikers corrections officer cleared of sex abuse charge breaks silence after ‘biggest embarrassment’ of his life: ‘Crying, crying, crying’
A Rikers corrections officer said he cried when he was cleared of charges he sexually assaulted a coworker on the job – ...
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Imprisoned former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with a form of bone marrow cancer ...
My son died on Rikers Island two years ago today
Two years ago today, Oct. 22, 2022, my son, Erick Tavira, died on Rikers Island at age 28. He took his own life in a solitary ...
NYC correction officers union calls for Rikers security chief to be fired after another slashing attack
A correction officer was allegedly slashed in the head by a gangbanger during a fight inside troubled Rikers Island on ...
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A Rikers Island detainee’s 2023 death by suicide set to get new scrutiny
Curtis Davis hanged himself, according to the medical examiner, but a new lawsuit alleges negligence by guards and says ...
NYC Council members call for probe of locking seriously mentally ill Rikers Island detainees in cells for extended periods
Four City Council members have decried a practice by city jails of locking severely mentally ill people in their cells for ...
Charles ‘Manson’ Brooks takes witness stand in S.I. murder trial. Grilled on gang violence, burglaries, Rikers stabbings
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— When asked on the witness stand Friday about the meaning of his nickname on Rikers Island, 32-year-old ...
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Officer cuffed for smuggling drugs into Rikers
A former Rikers Island correctional officer was cuffed by federal authorities last week after prosecutors said she smuggled ...
Visiting New York’s island of the dead
NEW YORK — The first time I heard about Hart Island, I couldn’t believe it. There’s a 150-year-old mass grave on an island in ...
NYC defendants found unfit for trial wait 60% longer for psych beds, meaning extra month on Rikers Island
People declared in need of psychiatric treatment before they can stand trial in New York City wait 60% longer for an inpatient bed than those in the rest of the state, figures obtained by the Daily ...