Rikers Correctional Facility
Rikers Correctional Facility, one of the largest and most well-known jails in the United States, significantly impacts the correctional landscape. This directory offers articles and resources on the facility’s history, challenges, reforms, and broader implications for the correctional system. Understanding the complexities of Rikers is crucial for those studying or working in corrections. For related topics, explore our section on Correctional Facilities.
As the jail population outpaces capacity, officials explore psychiatric facilities for sites originally meant to replace Rikers Island
Under a new executive order, federal agencies can conduct criminal probes and intelligence sharing on gang activity and crimes committed within the jail
The NYCDOC last went to 12-hour tours during the 2021 and 2022 staffing crisis when hundreds of COs became sick during the pandemic; the policy was lifted in 2022
The announcement comes six months after officials decided to shut down Rikers by 2027
The officer is the sixth seriously injured by an inmate attack over the past several weeks
A trio of corrections unions argue that their members aren’t trained to handle youthful offenders
Union officials and inmate advocates both agree that the city needs to do more to end the violence
The inmates in the unit get daily drug treatment counseling and an array of programs and art activities like acting lessons and a poetry slam
An accused murderer threw hot water at the CO and also punched him in the face
Union officials blamed Mayor de Blasio for not keeping the corrections officer safe
The Rikers Island jail complex will close by 2027 under an agreement reached between Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council leaders
The call comes after a correction officer’s spine was fractured by inmates at Rikers
The city’s Board of Correction has been repeatedly criticized as too inmate-friendly by the union representing COs
“We didn’t want him to have this job,” said the officer’s aunt
The violent attack occurred inside the department’s much-touted specialized unit for younger inmates who act out
An expert says there’s a long way to go in achieving the mayor’s goal of shuttering the violence-plagued complex
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the closure is a step in their plan to “better serve people in custody”
Joseph Cannon is already facing charges in four attacks on corrections officers
The move would take juveniles out of Rikers for the first time since 1932
Officer was left with second and third degree burns after inmates splashed him with cleaning chemicals
Injured Officer Raymond Calderon will talk about the attack at an event calling for the City Council and the Department of Correction to make changes and delay implementation of Use of Force Guidelines on Rikers Island
Two teenage inmates have been charged with using a sharp object to slash an officer in the face so severely he required 22 stitches
Richard Gonzalez was being held on misdemeanor criminal trespass and drug possession charges
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said an autopsy found Brian Coll kicked inmate Ronald Spear repeatedly in the head resulting in his death
A New York City correction officer on Rikers Island has been arrested after prosecutors said he stood idly by, sipping a cup of coffee, as an inmate had a fatal seizure
Angelo Martinez was arrested Wednesday after he was stopped during a routine screening at one of the jails that make up the Rikers complex
A new use of force policy requires officers to use pepper spray first and avoid hitting inmates in the face
Nakia Gales and Herman Jiminian have been charged with assault, falsifying records and official misconduct
More than 1,000 hard-to-manage inmates ages 18 to 21 will be moved to a single Rikers Island facility by the end of the year
It was unclear how the unnamed 63-year-old Rikers Island jail complex inmate, who had underlying health conditions, contracted the disease
Norman Seabrook, head of COBA, urged Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Ponte to consider corrections officers and their safety while planning prison reform
Program is called Adolescents Striving for Change and is meant to instill a sense of responsibility and accountability in inmates
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