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DOC negligence factored in death at Rikers' Bellevue hospital outpost, jail officials say
The oversight board’s report documents a deadly pattern of neglect at a facility meant to keep inmates safe.
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Brittany Kriegstein
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A man who died on Rikers treated as ‘less than a human’ as family wages $25 million lawsuit
A DOC report reveals that John Price waited over three hours for medical treatment before he later died.
By
Brittany Kriegstein
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Oversight board finds pattern of lax supervision in 4 Rikers deaths
The board has noted similar issues in other deaths in custody reports for years.
By
Ryan Kost
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A Rikers detainee has died, marking second death in DOC custody this week
The DOC has initiated an investigation into Clarence Woodward’s death.
By
Brittany Kriegstein
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From Rikers to the open road: Program helps detainees land lucrative trucking jobs
Next Mile NYC launched in 2025 and is expanding to people across the city who have had past involvement with the criminal justice system.
By
Brittany Kriegstein
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After Rikers officer’s sex-abuse conviction, attorney urges DOC policy review
The agency put more women at risk because it did not take allegations made by formerly incarcerated women seriously, the attorney said.
By
Ben Feuerherd
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Man being held at Rikers died Sunday after guard says he appeared ‘unwell’
So far this year 14 people have died at Rikers or shortly after being released from custody there, according to Gothamist’s tracking of Department of Correction reports.
By
Catalina Gonella
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Bronx judge tosses 450 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse in NY juvenile detention centers
A City Council bill could provide a new path forward.
By
Samantha Max
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Mayor Adams' bid to return federal immigration agents to Rikers nixed again
A state Supreme Court justice said the action was invalidated due to an "impermissible appearance of a conflict of interest."
By
Arya Sundaram
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NYC keeping people with mental illness on Rikers Island due to hospital bed shortage
Defendants who were found unfit to stand trial waited on Rikers an average of 79 days as of last fall, according to the Independent Rikers Commission report.
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Samantha Max
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Charles Lane
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