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2023-0605: Members of NYC jails watchdog board rebuke chair’s attempts to circumvent rules

NY DAILY NEWS / YAHOO!NEWS LINK: https://news.yahoo.com/members-nyc-jails-watchdog-board-000100876.html Graham Rayman, New York Daily...

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Jun 19, 20232 min read

2023-0606: Rikers Island CO captain suspended after raising concerns over detainee who assaulted...

...32 COs in 6 months. Court records show the inmate's assault cases include slashing a CO with a pen, trying to attack an officer with a...

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Jun 19, 20234 min read

2023-1204 (End Date): Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration

NY PUBLIC LIBRARY LINK: https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/marking-time-art-age-mass-incarceration?utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_ca...

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Jun 19, 20233 min read

2023-0607: From prison to art gallery, former inmates take center stage

NPR LINK: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180665255/exhibition-in-new-york-city-spotlights-work-by-formerly-incarcerated-artists?utm_sou...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0609: Opinion: San Diego County should be embarrassed by jail comparison with Rikers Island

THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE LINK: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-06-09/opinion-san-diego-...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0608: Adams administration thumbs nose at Rikers oversight team about jail deaths and

violence, says federal monitor. GOTHAMIST LINK: https://gothamist.com/news/adams-administration-thumbs-nose-at-rikers-oversight-team-abo...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0609: Stiff Prices, Unfulfilled Orders: How the Private Contractor Running Rikers Commissary...

...Serves Detainees. Through a no-bid contract, the Department of Correction turned over its commissary to a company persistently...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0608: NYC jails no longer announce inmate deaths. Critics warn this could start a 'problematic

An expert told Yahoo News the decision "could very well impact the way other jurisdictions manage their jails and prisons." YAHOO!NEWS...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0612: Federal Monitor Blasts Department of Correction Commissioner Over Incidents in Jails

The monitor decries explanations that just don’t add up about one detainee severely injured and another one dead. THE CITY LINK: ...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2022-0315: Inside Rikers Island Jail Complex [EXCLUSIVE]

FOX 5 NEW YORK LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaeSexC6UFY&ab_channel=FOX5NewYork

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0613: Federal judge to reconsider takeover of New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail

AMSTERDAM NEWS LINK: https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2023/06/13/federal-judge-to-reconsider-takeover-of-new-york-citys-notorious-rikers-i...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0613: Federal Judge Opens Door to Rikers Receivership Proposals

A court battle over whether control of city jails should be transferred to a federal overseer will begin this summer, a U.S. District...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0613: Judge will consider federal takeover of NYC jails, including Rikers, this summer

GOTHAMIST LINK: https://gothamist.com/news/judge-will-consider-federal-takeover-of-nyc-jails-including-rikers-this-summer

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Jun 19, 20231 min read

2023-0613: 'Shaken' Judge Opens Door To Federal Control Of Rikers Island

A judge found jail officials' response to recent violence so lackluster she ordered steps Tuesday that could end with a takeover of...

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Jun 19, 20231 min read