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NYC Rikers officer cleared of wrongdoing after city paid $9M to detainee nearly killed in jail assault

NEW YORK — After he stopped a mentally ill Rikers Island inmate’s savage attack on a fellow detainee in November 2019, Correction Officer Charlie Bracey went home satisfied he’d saved a life.

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NYC jail detainees sue over being stuck in fetid cells even after posting bail

NEW YORK — Nestor Hernandez, arrested on an assault charge, says he sat in a fetid Rikers Island intake cell for four days before his father posted his bail.

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Rikers Island Sees 19th Death This Year After Judge Gives Leaders More Time To Fix Its Messes

Somehow deaths have climbed even though the prison population has dropped.

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Rikers Island shoplifting suspect dies of suspected overdose, 19th death in NYC jails this year

NEW YORK — A Manhattan man sent to Rikers Island for shoplifting perfume has died of a suspected overdose, the 19th death in New York City jails this year, sources said Monday.

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Inmate Deaths, Threat Of Federal Takeover Will Determine The Fate Of Rikers Island

The humanitarian crisis worsens as politicians and advocates debate closing or fixing the embattled facility.

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Yet another Rikers Island detainee dies, bringing NYC jail death toll to 18 this year

A 26-year-old man held at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex died Monday — the 18th such death in 2022 — exactly three years to the day from the start of his pretrial detention in the city jails.

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Editorial: End of the line: The city has had its chance to fix Rikers. It has failed

Friday, Federal Monitor Steve Martin will submit his latest report on the situation at the ignominious Rikers Island complex. It will come just over four months after Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the city to put into practice an action plan to address the consistent threat to the…

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Rikers Island Sees 17th Prisoner Death This Year

Is a federal takeover of the troubled jail pending?

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Scots former New York madam 'refused to provide women' for billionaire Jeffrey Epstein

Anna Gristina, 54, spent four months on remand in the notorious Rikers Island prison in 2012 after she was caught in an undercover FBI sting.

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Doctor who sexually abused patients kills himself in jail

A once-prominent neurologist convicted last month of sexually abusing patients killed himself Monday at a New York City jail while awaiting sentencing in that case and a trial on federal charges alleging still more abuse, two people familiar with the matter said

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Rikers Island inmate dies of suspected drug overdose, becoming 10th detainee to die this year

NEW YORK — A Department of Correction officer was fired Monday after a Rikers Island inmate died of a suspected overdose.

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Rikers Island Sees 2 Prisoner Deaths in 2 Days

Just a week ago, New York City convinced a federal judge not to seize control of the jail.

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Rikers Island detainee dies — seventh death in NYC custody this year

NEW YORK — A detainee died on Rikers Island early Monday — the seventh person to die in custody at the jail complex this year.

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No federal court takeover of Rikers Island — for now — as judge accepts NYC plan

A federal judge on Tuesday accepted Mayor Adams’ administration’s plan to fix the staffing and security crisis at Rikers Island — with a promise to review the city’s progress in November.

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Fourth inmate dies at Rikers Island as deadline to fix crisis-plagued NYC prison looms

‘We are truly heartbroken for this person’s family and loved ones and we wish to express our deepest condolences’ commissioner says

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Suspect charged with manslaughter in shoving death of Broadway vocal coach posts bail, lawyer says

‘Bail has been posted at Rikers Island this morning, she will be released sometime today,’ lawyer says

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NYC parolees jailed on minor violations denied state-required court hearings, says Legal Aid Society

Ninety-one Rikers Island detainees jailed on parole violations have been denied in-person court hearings required by a new state law, defense lawyers say.

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