ACCOKEEK — When discussions finished at a local town hall, Michael Riker, 61, grabbed his home-designed palm cards and hustled to the door. Dressed in an oversized gray suit and sporting a yellow tie ...
This week, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain held oral arguments in the contempt motion against the city and the Department of Correction for its handling of the Rikers Island complex.
A city Correction officer was indicted Wednesday for allegedly smuggling more than $15,000 worth of contraband – including 200 cigarettes and a cell phone – into Rikers Island, prosecutors said.
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People hold a rally against Rikers Island jail complex outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday, Sept ...
Two months before his 2022 suicide in a Rikers Island jail, Erick Tavira told a doctor that killing himself would give him “real liberty,” records show. One month before his death, Tavira ...
Judge Laura Taylor Swain said a “carousel” of jail leaders had failed to stop violence. She ordered lawyers for the city and prisoners to show her what a receivership might look like. By ...
A former Rikers Island correction officer won’t face charges in the 2022 death of an incarcerated person, even though the guard’s failure to render aid to the ailing man violated New York City ...
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