Rikers Island Conditions Do Not Meet ‘Mandatory, Minimum Standards’
Inmates at Rikers Island left voicemails to an attorney claiming that they've initiated a hunger strike. The inmates said they ...
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NYC’s mayor-elect says he’ll restore solitary confinement on Rikers Island before closing the facility, despite the UN calling the practice ‘torture’
A sign marks the location of the Rikers Correctional Center in the East River on March 9, 2021 in New ...
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Chaos reigns at NYC’s Rikers Island jail during pandemic
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages ...
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