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.
The initiative is part of a broader effort to support correction officers’ health, including peer programs and resilience training
Investigators say correction officers blocked care for a sick woman on six separate occasions, leading to her death from organ failure
The judge found the NYC DOC failed to comply with 18 separate provisions of court orders pertaining to security, staffing, use of force and the safety of young detainees
State law allows airport body scanners but not prison body scanners
Suit details reports of serial rape and sexual abuse by eight correctional officers at the all-female Rose M. Singer Center
Report compiled by the board stated that at least 80 percent of weapons found on Rikers Island were made of components already found in the jail
Corizon Health Inc., whose three-year, $126 million contract expires Dec. 31, received an overall rating of “fair” in 2014 for the second straight year
Says she was reprimanded for fighting off an inmate’s attack
Meatloaf served to 22 Rikers Island jail inmates was found to contain Brodifacoum, a compound commonly used as rat poison
Janine Martin, a probationary officer, was allegedly shot by her hubby, Capt. Brian Martin, 37, during a fight in December 2013
Two videos detail the violence experienced by a 16-year-old awaiting trial for allegedly stealing a backpack
New Rikers Island policy to improve inmate re-entry process
Fixing bureaucratic backlogs in the courts will reduce the number of people locked up in the troubled Rikers Island jail complex
Sunil Poonai, was being held in an intake cell reserved to new arrivals when he took out a six-inch-long kitchen knife and slashed Martin Street
New video system will not be installed until February 2018
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday unveiled additional details of his plan to curb violence at the problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex
Bill de Blasio will meet correction officers Thursday and tour a newly opened 250-bed unit for inmates jail officials call the department’s most dangerous
Jail officials locked down four of Rikers Island’s largest facilities to stop gang violence
The woman, whose name has been withheld, said she feared for her life when Raleek Young attacked her
Raleek Young, 27, already in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl
Franklin Johnson was beaten Thursday after inmates saw a TV report about his rescue based on another Daily News story
Inmates also claim that correctional officers have been trying to seize samples of the tainted meatloaf to hide what’s inside it
Dozens of Rikers officers showed up for the court hearing alongside the female officer who was attacked
“A female corrections officer ... she serves and watches over us and protects us and she has to deal with this? It’s not right”
Wording of internal memo seems to blame officer for not preventing violence
Tore away Plexiglass to get inside post where officer was being assaulted
The injuries were described as minor but the officers were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte’s decision to fire them came after a judge recommended the action in September
Bradley Ballard died shortly after a doctor finally went into his cell and found him naked, covered in feces and badly infected
Systematic problems with hiring system included a high number of hires who had arrest records, gang ties or other red flags
Correction officers reported using force 4,074 times last year, including 406 incidents alone in September
Agency that oversees jails outlined its proposed changes to rules governing nation’s second-largest jail system
“There’s no silver bullet for fixing Rikers,” said Martin Horn, the commissioner of city jails from 2003 to 2009
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