Dashawn Carter was found hanging in his cell in an apparent suicide during a time of deepening crisis for the jail. Source: New York Times
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Louis Molina’s In Charge of Fixing Rikers Island. His Plan Is Due in 11 Days.
By Gotham Rex on May 7, 2022
Louis A. Molina, the Department of Correction commissioner since only January, says he has a solution to a problem that has defied his predecessors. Source: New York Times
Rikers Chaos Could Lead to Federal Court Control, U.S. Attorney Says
By Gotham Rex on April 19, 2022
Damian Williams wrote that his office might have no choice but to seek “aggressive relief” for the serious problems at the jail. Source: New York Times
Unreported Rikers Island Beatings: ‘Disturbing and Unacceptable’
By Gotham Rex on March 8, 2022
Louis Molina, the correction commissioner, responded to a recent New York Times report that found serious injuries to at least two detainees were not reported. Source: New York Times
How Brutal Beatings on Rikers Island Were Hidden From Public View
By Gotham Rex on March 2, 2022
One man was paralyzed from the neck down. Another landed in a coma. Neither injury was documented properly in the New York City jail system awash in disorder. Source: New York Times
Medical Care at Rikers Is Delayed for Thousands, Records Show
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2022
A court filing on Tuesday shed new light on the effect of the city jail system’s staffing crisis on health care, with missed appointments leading to severe health consequences. Source: New York Times
Jail Unions Gain a Powerful Supporter: Mayor Eric Adams
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2022
Eric Adams has reversed some measures enacted to regain control over the crisis at Rikers Island, in an early victory for the correction officers’ unions. Source: New York Times
A Look Inside Rikers: ‘Fight Night’ and Gang Rule, Captured on Video
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2022
Videos obtained by The New York Times reveal scenes of violence as the Department of Correction struggles to restore order in the jail system. Source: New York Times
Hundreds at Rikers Protest Conditions, Citing Covid and the Cold
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2022
Detainees in one jail at the Rikers Island complex are refusing to eat Correction Department meals. Source: New York Times
Behind the Violence at Rikers, Decades of Mismanagement and Dysfunction
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2021
For years, New York City officials have presided over shortcuts and blunders that have led to chaos in one of America’s most expensive jail complexes. Source: New York Times
Covid Cases Spike in New York City Jails
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2021
“The risks to the human beings in our custody are at a crisis level,” the correction commissioner wrote in a letter to lawyers and judges. Source: New York Times
Louis Molina, Las Vegas Public Safety Chief, Expected to Lead N.Y.C. Jail System
By Gotham Rex on December 16, 2021
Mr. Molina, a former N.Y.P.D. officer and Correction Department official, will be tasked with restoring order at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. Source: New York Times
Another Death at Rikers Continues ‘Very Difficult Year’ at N.Y.C. Jails
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2021
A Brooklyn man, who went into cardiac arrest on Friday, became the 15th person to die this year within New York City’s correction system. Source: New York Times
Sexual Assaults Are Worsening a Crisis at Rikers, Jail Officers Say
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2021
Female officers, who make up nearly half of the uniformed staff at New York City’s jails, said they were at particularly high risk of being attacked. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Jail Deaths Climb to 14 as Detainee Is Taken Off Life Support
By Gotham Rex on October 18, 2021
The man tried to hang himself in a holding pen in Manhattan Criminal Court after he was ordered held on a $15,000 cash bond in an assault case. Source: New York Times