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There’s new attention to problems diagnosing inmates at Rikers with mental illness. But what about people on the autism spectrum, with a low IQ or dealing with a learning disability?

ByBen Hattem 5Comments

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Oct 2016

Justice Video

Video: Violence in the City Jails and the Push to Close Rikers

A reform advocate, a former inmate and the head of the correction officers union discussed where the reforms of Rikers stand, whether they go far enough and what’s driving the…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jul 2016

Justice

City Jails Consider the Use of ‘Less-Than-Lethal’ Weapons

It’s not a rubber bullet. It’s not a plastic pellet. It’s a Star-Lite round.

ByDeborah Cruz

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Uncategorized

Open Letter to the Mayor: NIMBY Needn’t Block Plans to Replace Rikers with Jails that Work

A former corrections captain maps out a planning process that to create the community detention facilities New York needs.

ByDavid A. Fullard 1Comment

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May 2016

Justice

Still Waiting for Rules to Prevent Rape on Rikers

Nearly a year ago, the city’s Board of Correction voted to enact revised guidelines to address high rates of sexual abuse in the city’s correctional facilities. The final rule has…

ByAnnamarya Scaccia 1Comment

13

Apr 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: Is Rikers Island Exporting Knife Violence?

Is the uptick in knife violence on the streets a reflection of the increase in conflict inside the city’s jails?

ByDavid A. Fullard 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

Sharpton, Seabrook & Bronx DA Weigh In on Closing Rikers

Count Rev. Al Sharpton with Mayor de Blasio among the skeptics about the notion of closing Rikers Island.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
Dem Lawmaker Proposes Major Rikers Change

Some want Rikers to close altogether. The mayor says that’s not a realistic goal. But a Manhattan Assemblyman says the de Blasio administration should at least move pre-trail detainees off…

ByDaniel J. O'Donnell 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
Shut Down Rikers, and Then What?

What’s really behind the push to close Rikers—whether it’s moral clarity or fiscal concern—will determine whether mothballing the island actually makes New York a more humane place.

ByDee Squalé 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

City Views:
Pioneer. Reformer. Namesake for a Troubled Jail.

Anna M. Kross broke gender barriers and charted new territory in making city jails humane. But the Rikers facility named in her honor is at the center of the city’s…

ByDavid A. Fullard 0Comments

NYC Jails Fail to Identify Prisoners With Cognitive Problems

Video: Violence in the City Jails and the Push to Close Rikers

City Jails Consider the Use of ‘Less-Than-Lethal’ Weapons

Open Letter to the Mayor: NIMBY Needn’t Block Plans to Replace Rikers with Jails that Work

Still Waiting for Rules to Prevent Rape on Rikers

CityViews: Is Rikers Island Exporting Knife Violence?

Sharpton, Seabrook & Bronx DA Weigh In on Closing Rikers

CityViews:
Dem Lawmaker Proposes Major Rikers Change

CityViews:
Shut Down Rikers, and Then What?

City Views:
Pioneer. Reformer. Namesake for a Troubled Jail.

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