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NYC Mayor Adams defends Rikers record, says U.S. attorney’s call for fed oversight ‘just doesn’t add...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMayor Adams defended his handling of Rikers Island on Tuesday in his first public rebuttal to U.S....
Rikers Island, NYC jails inch closer to federal control as violence prompts judge to order city,...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRikers Island and the rest of New York City’s jails inched closer to federal court control Tuesday...
Report: Man was dead in Rikers Island cell, and rigor mortis was setting in before anyone noticed
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA New York inmate died Sunday in a Rikers Island jail cell, and his body had already begun to show...
Rikers Island detainee smashes NYC Correction Dept. bus in escape try outside Brooklyn Supreme Court
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA Rikers Island detainee tried to escape by jumping into the driver seat of a Correction Department bus — which he put into reverse, smashing several cars outside Brooklyn Supreme Court, authorities ...
NYC jail workers busted for smuggling illegal drugs into Rikers Island, taking bribes: feds
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThree former correction officers, a contractor and a program counselor were charged in Manhattan...
Rikers Island jail search uncovers large cache of contraband drugs, weapons
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA search in a Rikers Island jail uncovered a large cache of narcotics, including cocaine, K2 and...
Rikers Island detainee dead after apparent jump at jail complex; was charged in Brooklyn murder
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Rikers Island detainee died after he jumped from a cellblock area on an upper floor of unit for mentally ill people, sources familiar with the incident said Wednesday. Rubu Zhao, 52, suffered ...
Mayor Adams, Rikers Island detainees baptized by Rev. Sharpton on Good Friday
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt was a very Good Friday for Mayor Adams, who was baptized with inmates on Rikers Island in what he...
Rikers expert says Allen Weisselberg will get better treatment as a prominent Trump supporter
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis New York City Board of Correction photo shows prisoners carrying an unresponsive individual...
Mayor Adams, fighting for control of Rikers, argues ‘energy’ is improving at NYC jail
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoMayor Adams, fighting for control of Rikers Island with a possible federal takeover looming, argued...