Inside a Rikers Island Kitchen, Dull Knives and Critical Jobs
As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.
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How Faith Ringgold’s mural for incarcerated women escaped Rikers Island
A new documentary by Catherine Gund tracks the loss, painting over and recovery of Ringgold’s motivational composition “For ...
Tom Homan on Criminal Migrants: "I've Made It Clear, I Want Everybody," "I Don't Care If It's For Shoplifting"
Border czar Tom Homan said the "gloves are off" in regards to criminal illegal immigrants and called New York City Mayor Eric ...
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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 ... await being shipped to a federal prison for long stretches, or are short-timers ...
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Rikers opens wellness center, including ‘serenity room,’ for correction officers
New York’s Department of Corrections has opened a wellness center for guards ... on Rikers, according to a news release. “Having these resources available to them on-island will better support ...
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Community leaders angry, claiming city has not included them in discussion over new Chinatown jail
Images obtained by Eyewitness News gives a sneak peek of the controversial mega jail planned ... city's plan to shut down Rikers Island, which caught community leaders off guard Wednesday night.
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A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island
Adams expressed doubt that Rikers Island could close by the 2027 deadline set during Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure, because, Adams said, the jail was full of violent ... form of fewer fights and ...