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Rikers inmate tries to escape wearing ill-gotten NYC correction officer’s uniform, DOC says
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn assault suspect held in a Rikers Island jail somehow got his hands on a Correction Department uniform Thursday night and walked around pretending to conduct rounds in a possible attempt to ...
NYC correction officer arrested after argument with coworker: NYPD
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoQUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – A New York City correction officer was arrested and charged with assault and...
Rep. Lee Zeldin slams HALT, gets backing of NYC correction officers in tight race for governor
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRikers Island served as a backdrop to a campaign stop Monday as Republican gubernatorial candidate...
NYC no longer requires college credit for new officers at Rikers Island and other jails, Correction...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA high school diploma is enough education to become a New York City correction officer under new standards that will apply to the upcoming Correction Department academy class, multiple agency ...
NYC Correction Dept. slashes academy training time for officers in half
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmid staffing woes at New York City jails, the Correction Department has slashed the period of training for new recruits in half — from six months to three months — the Daily News has learned ...
Rikers Island, other NYC jails get lactation chairs for correction officers who are moms
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoComfy new chairs for breastfeeding moms who are correction officers and need to express their milk have been placed in 11 lactation areas in city jail facilities, the officers union said Tuesday ...
Ex-NYC Correction Department lawyer returns as senior advisor to commissioner
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA former Correction Department general counsel who courted controversy in 2023 when he said heart...
Pepper spray use at Rikers Island, NYC jails violates city Correction Dept. rules, report finds
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Correction Department uses pepper spray disproportionately on mentally ill detainees when they...
Disgraced NYC correction officers union head Norman Seabrook gets early release from prison
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNorman Seabrook, the disgraced former president of the city correction officers union, who was sentenced to five years in prison for taking a bribe, won early release Friday. The ex-head of ...
Rikers Island staffing crisis continues — NYC Comtroller data show fewer uniformed staff than at...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRikers Island’s staffing crisis is far from over, with data published by the city Comptroller’s Office showing fewer uniformed officers are available to work in the city’s jails — even though ...