The comments from Judge Laura Taylor Swain came after the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan called for the jails to be taken over by an outside authority. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Correction Department (NYC)”
Rikers Has a Deadly Contraband Problem. Are Cargo Pants to Blame?
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2022
The notorious jail had its deadliest year in a decade, while the flow of narcotics and weapons into the complex continues. Source: New York Times
Report Tracking Rikers Jail Violence Will Be Hidden, Judge Orders
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2022
A monitor appointed to oversee the jails said the information should be held in confidence so that it is not taken out of “context.” Source: New York Times
Three NYC Corrections Officers Accused of Faking Sick Leave
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2022
As New York City’s jails faced a staffing crisis, federal prosecutors said the officers used falsified sick notes and lied about trips to the doctor to avoid going to work. Source: New York Times
They Pay $500 a Month for a Loft in Brooklyn
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2022
A lucky couple lives on the top floor of a building that was once a potato chip factory. Source: New York Times
Jails Boss Pushed for Dying Man’s Release to Limit Rikers Death Count
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2022
Louis A. Molina, New York City’s jail commissioner, told his senior staff to ensure that a dying man was “off the department’s count.” Source: New York Times
Tracking the Deaths in the Rikers Island Jail Complex 2022
By Gotham Rex on August 15, 2022
12 have died so far this year, a pace suggesting last year’s eight-year high will be surpassed. Source: New York Times
Ricardo Cruciani, Who Sexually Assaulted Patients, Found Dead at Rikers
By Gotham Rex on August 15, 2022
Ricardo Cruciani was found with a sheet around his neck in a shower weeks after his conviction. He was the 12th person to die this year in custody or shortly after release. Source: New York Times
City’s Admissions That It Can’t Care for Rikers Detainees May Propel Suits
By Gotham Rex on August 6, 2022
The family of Herman Diaz, who choked to death on an orange, filed the first case relying on the documents. Dozens more may follow. Source: New York Times
Rikers Island Guards Charged With Misconduct in Teen’s Suicide Attempt
By Gotham Rex on July 25, 2022
The New York City correction officers and a captain stood by for nearly eight minutes as Nicholas Feliciano tried to hang himself in a jail cell. Source: New York Times
Jail Officer Charged in Killing Claims Gel Pellets Felt Like Glass Shards
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2022
The officer said he fired defensively at a car in the Bronx after being hit with pellets from what turned out to be a toy gun. An 18-year-old man was killed. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Jail Officer Charged With Killing Teenager While Off Duty
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2022
Investigators were exploring whether a so-called gel blaster toy found at the site of the fatal shooting had played a role. Source: New York Times
Rikers Island Faces Pressure to End Death and Disorder Crisis
By Gotham Rex on May 24, 2022
Under orders to draw up a turnaround plan or face a federal takeover, the New York City jails system still has failed to provide detainees with basic care. Source: New York Times
Judge Faults Medical Care for Detainees in Latest Sign of Rikers Crisis
By Gotham Rex on May 17, 2022
The ruling came the same day that city officials delivered a plan for potentially avoiding a federal takeover of the troubled jail complex. Source: New York Times
Rikers Officers Lagged in Helping 3 Detainees Who Died, Report Finds
By Gotham Rex on May 9, 2022
In each case, fellow inmates struggled to help when jail officers did not, according to the Board of Correction, which expressed “extreme” concern in its report. Source: New York Times