U.S. Attorney May Ask Federal Court to Run Rikers Island Jails
Manhattan's U.S. Attorney raised the prospect of placing New York City's Rikers Island jail complex under a federal court’s control, an...
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- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
29 Inmates Have Died During Pandemic in Philadelphia Jails
Twenty nine Philadelphia jail inmates have died during the COVID pandemic, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Mark Subher was held in...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 23, 2022
- 1 min
NYC Mayor Adams Faces Public Safety Issues Over Subways, Jails
Mayor Eric Adams invested a good chunk of a meeting last week with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot about ways to tackle gang violence,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
Lack Of Oversight Apparent In COVID-19 Outbreak in Prisons, Jails
Prisons and jails are considered closed facilities. Few visitors gain access to them even though they house people for months, years,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
Monitor Says NYC's Rikers Jail Remains 'Unstable and Unsafe'
Despite New York City’s claims to have made progress in remedying the crisis on Rikers Island, the jail complex remains a place of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 14, 2022
- 1 min
During Pandemic, Prison Numbers Fell 16%, Jail Inmates Down 13%
U.S. prison populations fell by about 16 percent during the pandemic. Ten percent fewer people were released from prison during 2020 than...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
Some Serious Inmate Injuries in NYC Rikers Jail Go Unreported Publicly
When a man was beaten In New York City's Rikers Island jail in December, guards downplayed his injuries, delaying a report and then...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
Prison, Jail Populations Rise As COVID-19 Reforms Are Abandoned
In its latest report on prison and jail populations during the pandemic, the Prison Policy Initiative says that the number of people...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 28, 2022
- 2 min
Many Die At Rikers Jail Despite Reforms, Declining Population
At least 16 people died in New York City jails last year. Most were awaiting trial and died on Rikers Island, the 90-year-old warren of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 19, 2022
- 1 min
Six Years After Settlement, L.A. Jail Inmates Lack Mental Treatment
Inmates with serious mental illnesses in Los Angeles County jails continue to suffer in isolation and with little treatment, more than...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
Length of Stays In Jail Steadily Increased Over Last Decade
With many places facing large backlogs of court cases because of COVID-related shutdowns, counties are taking a new look at ways to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 13, 2022
- 2 min
Amid Disorder, Judge Releases Rikers Island 'Fight Night' Inmate
The men had got along in New York City's Rikers Island jail complex and had even been friendly, but now they were face to face in a jail...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
200 Rikers Jail Inmates Protest Poor Conditions, Decline Meal Service
About 200 detainees at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex continued a protest Tuesday, unusual in its size and organization,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 4, 2022
- 2 min
Staff 'Panic Attacks' At Philadelphia Jails, 600 Employees Short
When Heather Malloy could not face another 16-hour workday at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, she paid a coworker $20 per shift...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 4, 2022
- 1 min
Charges Dropped Against Epstein Prison Guards Who Falsified Records
A judge ordered charges dropped against two federal Bureau of Prisons guards who admitted falsifying records after Jeffrey Epstein took...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Retiring Sheriff Laments Lack Of Aid for Mentally Ill Jail Inmates
Dana Lawhorne, retiring sheriff of Alexandria, Va., remembers the bad police officers who wouldn’t come in to his family’s house when he...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
Rikers Retrospective: "Decades of Mismanagement and Dysfunction"
The violence and disorder at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex stems from years of mismanagement that allowed power to shift to...
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