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See photos of the last prison ship still operating in the US. The 5-story vessel is slated to close...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center is the last ship prison in the US. The New York-based...
Donald Trump's longtime money man, Allen Weisselberg, quickly gets coveted cot in 'safest place' at...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA security fence surrounds Rikers Island correctional facility in New York, left. Allen Weisselberg,...
NYC correction officer took $500 bribe to smuggle pot, cigs into courthouse: prosecutors
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 34 minutes agoA New York City correction officer has been charged with taking a $500 bribe to smuggle thousands of...
Ex-New York corrections officer gets over 2 years in prison for smuggling contraband into Rikers...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA former New York City corrections officer was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in prison...
Rikers Island detainee slips out of cell through faulty door, attacks correction officer: records...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe New York City Correction Department is investigating an incident Saturday where a Rikers Island...
Rikers Island shoplifting suspect dies of suspected overdose, 19th death in NYC jails this year
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW YORK — A Manhattan man sent to Rikers Island for shoplifting perfume has died of a suspected...
New York City's Rikers Island, facing possible federal takeover, found violating safety standards
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFacing the looming prospect of a federal takeover, New York City’s troubled Rikers Island jail...
John Leguizamo Reflects on Performing for Over 400 Inmates at Rikers Island: 'Very Moving for Me'...
People via Yahoo News· 5 months ago"I know they don't get any entertainment. Nobody goes to Rikers to perform for these kids,"...
Harvey Weinstein cooling his heels in special Rikers cell after overturned rape conviction
NY Post metro via AOL· 3 weeks agoSex pest Harvey Weinstein moved back into Rikers Island Friday afternoon, one day after his...
NYC Mayor Adams clashes with Comptroller Lander over Rikers closure, solitary confinement bill
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe city won’t meet its 2027 deadline for shutting down the notorious jail complex on Rikers Island...