Por: New York Daily News Politics March 16, 2023
Mayor Adams suggested Wednesday that his administration may have to house inmates at a half-finished Brooklyn jail in order to comply with the city’s plan to shutter Rikers Island by 2027. The Brooklyn jail, set to be built at the site of the old House of Detention on Atlantic Ave., is one of four borough-based facilities that four years from now are supposed to replace the Rikers complexes. But Adams’ administration issued notice on a... + full article
New York Daily News USA Politics March 08, 2023
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams renewed a yearslong push to permanently close Rikers Island in her annual State of the City address Wednesday, saying the jail “is no longer serving our city.” Adams made the argument that advancing the plan to close the jail... + más
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The Atlantic USA Life January 23, 2023
I’ve been locked up in maximum-security prisons for two decades. My time on Rikers Island was worse.Nina Berman / ReduxJanuary 23, 2023, 7 AM ETThis article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The... + más
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ABC News USA Entertainment January 18, 2023
Rikers: An Oral History, by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau (Random House)In these times, when people disagree about seemingly everything, just about everyone interviewed for this book concurs on the thesis: the New York City jails on Rikers Island stand as a failure in every... + más
Review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure | Associated Press
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Associated Press USA Entertainment January 17, 2023
This cover image released by Random House shows Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau. (Random House via AP)This cover image released by Random House shows Rikers: An Oral History by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau. (Random House via AP)“Rikers: An Oral... + más
Review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure | ABC News
The New York Times USA Opinion December 29, 2022
Two public development projects are in the works that will indelibly change the character of New York City. Both are fraught with political and economic risks, and both will strike a nerve with many New Yorkers.The first is the closing of the notorious Rikers Island jail... + más
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New York Post USA Nation October 26, 2022
The Department of Correction has axed a $5 million contract with a Big Apple nonprofit after its workers – who were brought to Rikers Island to help detainees – were caught , cell phones and other contraband amid a at the troubled jail complex. One worker from Exodus... + más
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New York Post USA Nation September 29, 2022
Newly obtained images from Rikers Island have shed more light on the deplorable conditions inside the troubled jail system. The photos, presented to Manhattan prosecutors by the last month, give a glimpse into the hellish realities faced by inmates on Rikers amid an agency-wide... + más
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