DOC temporarily pulls body cameras out of service after one ignites on Rikers Island
The New York City Department of Correction is temporarily pulling its body cameras out of service after one of the gadgets ...
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Putting a federal receiver in charge could clean up Rikers — if it’s done right
Southern District Judge Laura Swain, who's presiding over a Legal Aid Society lawsuit against the Department of Corrections ... power he or she would have. Rikers Island is a violent, chaotic ...
City & State New York9d
A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
This article was last updated on Dec. 2. The U.S. Justice Department released a report after an investigation of Rikers Island found “a pattern and practice of conduct at Rikers that violates the ...
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Rikers Island
That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...
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City held in contempt over Rikers dysfunction
After years of violence and dysfunction, continually violating court orders demanding reform and change, a federal judge is holding the city and the Department ... in the Rikers Island jails ...