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Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in ...
Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...
It was, as The Post crowed, “rotten ‘pot’ luck.” Now, in a wild twist of fate, the well-known former stylist, music video ...
Raymond Campbell, 65, of Brooklyn, surrendered himself to face charges of leaving the scene of a fatal accident Monday, ...
NYC Council is set to pass a bill for swift disclosure of detainee deaths at Rikers Island, aiming to increase transparency and address secrecy concerns.
A Rikers Island detainee died Wednesday while receiving palliative care at a local hospital, according to the New York City ...
In May 2023, after a spike in deaths on Rikers Island, city jail officials suddenly stopped notifying the media shortly after ...
The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and ...
That guy took control of me and my mind, for the most part. He dragged me into a delusion,” Sarma Melngailis said of her ...
Rikers Island has a decades-long reputation of spiraling dysfunction, brutality, and even death against those awaiting trial. The East River prison allowed Eyewitness News onto their grounds to ...
A federal judge last week said the city was barred from fully implementing a local law banning solitary confinement on Rikers ...
The Bronx district attorney’s office will not bring charges against a Queens lawyer who was publicly accused by correctional ...