5 inmates have died at Rikers Island in past six weeks, officials say
Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died ...
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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Rikers officer gets probation, community service for failing to stop 2019 suicide try
A New York City correction officer was sentenced to two years ... for nearly eight minutes when a young man incarcerated at Rikers Island tried to hang himself five years ago, the Bronx District ...
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One Man’s Year on Rikers Exposes Limits of Mental Health Reforms
I’m standing there with a pipe of weed and lighter,” Rotar, 37, recalled during a jailhouse interview on Rikers Island nearly ...
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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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Migrant Charged With Subway Murder Enjoys Three Hots And A Cot On Rikers Despite Adams’ ICE Handover Pledge
Despite assurances from Mayor Eric Adams that Rikers Island would finally open its doors to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ...
NYPD: Pre-dawn raid on Staten Island nets meth, scale; 3 arrests
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three men were arrested and methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were seized during the raid of an apartment in Port Richmond, police allege. Officers armed with a search ...
NYPD: Gun, drugs found in raid on Staten Island; several arrested
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Several people were arrested after NYPD officers allege they discovered a gun and drugs during the raid ...