Rikers Correctional Facility

A memo said the inspections were "not to invade your privacy or due to a lack of trust," but to instead keep drugs out of the jail

The mayhem started early in the morning when a corrections officer saw three detainees slashing an inmate

The injured CO suffered face lacerations, fractured cheekbone in the attack by a detainee already facing four charges of assaulting COs

Mail, not COs, is the "major source" of contraband smuggled into New York Department of Correction jails

President of the Assistant Deputy Wardens/Deputy Wardens Association calls the plan “unfair, unequal and devastating”

“If you get 2 pounds of weed, it’s safe to assume it didn’t come in through the visit floor.”

Mayor Adams also thanked the “under-appreciated” correction officers who were spending their holiday working

The judge ordered the city to submit a plan to allow the DOC to hire wardens for jails from outside the department

"The multitude of plans, programs and promises the City has announced have not worked," the Legal Aid Society said

Mayor Eric Adams' office confirmed the money was shifted away from the agency, but didn't elaborate on what motivated the move

Between Sept. 13 and Nov. 2, 2021, 155 officers were caught absent without leave and suspended

Officials propose barring detainees from receiving packages from anyone other than vendors that ship directly to consumers

The 28-year-old CO, with stab wounds to his head, was taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition

The brown water at the 44-year-old Kross Center is an example of what advocates describe as inhumane conditions in city jails

A report issued Sept 12 on six suicides and four overdoses in the jails in 2021 found a range of staffing breakdowns contributed to those fatalities