What life is really like in Rikers Island
It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City’s most notorious ...
Hooray! The ‘close Rikers’ deadline slipped again — time to admit it’ll never happen
With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away.
Harvey Weinstein calls Rikers Island 'hell hole.' What to know about NYC jail
Harvey Weinstein urged a New York judge on Wednesday to move up his April sexual assault retrial amid continued health issues and "medieval" conditions at New York City's Rikers Island. The embattled ...
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A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Michael Nieves became the 13th person to die on Rikers Island in 2022 in a suspected suicide, The New York Times reported. A ...
Harvey Weinstein Insists He’ll Die At Rikers If NYC Rape Trial Isn’t Moved Up
A gaunt-looking Harvey Weinstein pleaded with the judge in his upcoming criminal retrial to move the start date forward, even ...
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City's jails chief pitched as Rikers compliance officer
he said “she has played a central role in the progress we have made" in bringing down violence on Rikers Island. Now, his administration is proposing a new role for Maginley-Liddie: compliance ...
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Struggle Jennings: Live From Rikers Island
This exceptional live performance and conversation for Rikers Island, New York inmates was recorded on October 15th, 2024 and features tracks "Road I Came", "Troubadour of Troubled Souls", "Savior ...