Rikers detainee who ‘suddenly became unwell’ and died had been sick for days
The young detainee who appears to have died of a ruptured appendix and infection began showing serious medical issues in the ...
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Psycho alleged killer attacks 48 people at Rikers Island in 2 years — and latest victim says she’s ‘traumatized’
Sundance Oliver, 30, a Brooklyn gangbanger locked up on murder charges for allegedly killing two people and wounding a third, has been just as violent at Rikers Island — attacking 48 officers ...
As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...
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Woman dies at Rikers Island, NYC jail officials say — 4th detainee death of 2025
Her death is the fourth death of a Rikers detainee so far this year, and follows that of Ariel Quidone, 20, last week and ...
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Rikers Island jails won’t close by 2027 deadline, independent commission finds
A new report says delays in building four replacement jails mean the city will miss the legally mandated Rikers closure date.
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A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...
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Rikers officer sentenced to probation for failing to help inmate in suicide attempt: Bronx DA
A New York City correction officer was sentenced to two years’ probation and 250 hours of community service after failing to ...
Will Luigi Mangione Go to Rikers Island? What We Know
At its peak, Rikers held more than 20,000 inmates ... Here are a few famous people who have spent time behind bars at Rikers ...
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FBI Arrests Correction Officers in Beating Death of Rikers Island Inmate
FBI agents arrested two New York correction officers Wednesday accused of beating to death a Rikers Island inmate, Newsweek reports. A pretrial detainee, 52-year-old Ronald Spear, was killed in ...
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Rikers Island
That could see a court-appointed outside authority take charge of Rikers Island by early next… Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail Former Trump ...
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams says 1 of 4 jails to replace Rikers will be a "state-of-the-art mental health facility"
Mayor Eric Adams says one of the four new community jails that were being built to replace Rikers will now be dedicated to inmates with ... to closing Rikers Island. Adams has tapped his new ...