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La La Anthony ThreeSixty, La La Anthony prison program, what is La La Anthony's ThreeSixty program?, La La Anthony rehabilitation program, does La La Anthony work with incarcerated people? theGrio.com
April 1, 2024
Actress La La Anthony founded the ThreeSixty program to help incarcerated men ages 18-21.
December 21, 2023
The bill passed places a four-hour limit on isolating inmates who pose a risk of violence to others or themselves…
Alvin Bragg mental health services
December 15, 2022
Alvin Bragg's initiative is voluntary and unrelated to a strategy unveiled this month by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
July 13, 2022
One rookie corrections officer has been fired in connection with the incident, and several others have reportedly been suspended.
Rikers Island theGrio.com
March 5, 2022
Derrick Harris is suing New York City and the NYPD after a four-year Rikers Island sentence he claims was wrongful.
Northeast U.S. Digs Out After  "Bomb Cyclone" Snowstorm
December 28, 2021
Fifteen Rikers Island inmates lost their lives this year, all men of color, and several of whom likely died for…
September 20, 2021
An inmate died at New York City’s Rikers Island jail, bringing the death toll at the troubled facility to 11…
Lieutenant Governor of New York Kathy Hochul
September 18, 2021
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the "Less is More Act" into law, which is aimed at reducing jail re-entry…
theGRIO.com
August 2, 2021
Thomas Earl Braunson III had been jailed and held in 'horrible conditions' when he died behind bars on Rikers Island…
corrections officer thegrio.com
April 25, 2021
56 percent of the more than 270 corrections officers who were disciplined from January 2019 to August 2020, misled investigators.
Northeast U.S. Digs Out After  "Bomb Cyclone" Snowstorm
March 20, 2021
Two inmates died within days of one another on Rikers Island amidst other incidents of gross negligence at the infamous…
January 19, 2021
Lil Wayne is facing up to 10 years in federal prison when he's sentenced on Jan. 28 for possessing a…
September 11, 2020
A New. York nurse is denied bail and remains on Riker's Island after killing her estranged husband she says in…
June 27, 2020
More than one dozen uniformed staff members at the Rikers Island jail complex will face disciplinary action as fallout mounts…
June 18, 2020
An inmate at New York City's Rikers Island attempted to escape by swimming across the East River, but was captured…
June 13, 2020
New video footage has surfaced related to the death of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco, raising questions about the transgender woman's treatment.
May 6, 2020
theGrio investigates how the coronavirus pandemic has turned Rikers Island, one of the world’s most notorious penal complexes, into a…
Weinstein
March 6, 2020
Harvey Weinstein was transported to Rikers’ infirmary unit after he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital following his conviction on rape
Rikers Island theGrio.com
October 21, 2019
Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to revamp the troubled Rikers Island prison complex and on Thursday the New York City Council…
June 11, 2019
The unexplained death of transgender woman Layleen Polanco at New York's city jail is spurring advocacy groups to demand answers