Rikers Island

Alvin Bragg mental health services

Manhattan D.A. to provide funding for mental health services to people facing charges

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Report: Man was dead in Rikers Island cell, and rigor mortis was setting in before anyone noticed 

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Lawsuit: Former Wu-Tang Clan producer seeks justice for 4-year wrongful imprisonment

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Northeast U.S. Digs Out After "Bomb Cyclone" Snowstorm

15 Rikers Island prisoners died in 2021. All were Black and brown.

Fifteen Rikers Island inmates lost their lives this year, all men of color, and several of whom likely died for reasons directly or…
/ December 28, 2021

Another inmate dies at NYC’s troubled Rikers Island jail

An inmate died at New York City’s Rikers Island jail, bringing the death toll at the troubled facility to 11 this year, authorities said.
/ September 20, 2021
Lieutenant Governor of New York Kathy Hochul

Rikers Island set to release hundreds of inmates according to NY officials

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the “Less is More Act” into law, which is aimed at reducing jail re-entry from technical violations.
/ September 18, 2021
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Black man faced ‘horrible conditions’ before dying at Rikers, report finds

Thomas Earl Braunson III had been jailed and held in ‘horrible conditions’ when he died behind bars on Rikers Island in April.
/ August 2, 2021
corrections officer thegrio.com

More than half of NYC corrections officers lied to investigators

56 percent of the more than 270 corrections officers who were disciplined from January 2019 to August 2020, misled investigators.
/ April 25, 2021
Northeast U.S. Digs Out After "Bomb Cyclone" Snowstorm

Back-to-Back deaths on Rikers Island raise more concerns

Two inmates died within days of one another on Rikers Island amidst other incidents of gross negligence at the infamous jail complex.
/ March 20, 2021

Trump expected to pardon Lil Wayne this week: report

Lil Wayne is facing up to 10 years in federal prison when he’s sentenced on Jan. 28 for possessing a loaded handgun found on a private plane.
/ January 19, 2021