Rikers Island

Metropolis legal professionals have agreed to pay almost $5.2 million to settle lawsuits introduced by the households of two males who died from methadone overdoses whereas jail employees ignored them …

One detainee was discovered lifeless with 66 capsules in his cell. One other lay in misery for 5 minutes throughout an obvious overdose earlier than employees administered Narcan. A 3rd …

A whole lot of case employees, profession coaches and housing specialists at two outstanding nonprofits serving not too long ago incarcerated individuals introduced they plan to unionize on Friday morning, …

As New York Metropolis barrels towards a legally mandated shutdown of Rikers Island after years of delays and fierce opposition, the Mamdani administration has tapped a key architect and booster …

New York Metropolis lawmakers are pushing to overtake how folks jailed on Rikers Island solid their votes after simply 335 of roughly 6,000 eligible detainees solid absentee ballots within the …

Manhattan Metropolis Councilmember Gale Brewer is drafting laws to drive public monitoring of complaints from Rikers Island made via town’s 311 system, aiming to deliver transparency and accountability to a …

After years of delays and value overruns, town plans to lastly open a part of a quarter-billion greenback unit at Bellevue Hospital for significantly unwell detainees on Rikers Island, THE …