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As part of the settlement of Nuñez v. City of New York, a 2011 class-action lawsuit filed by Rikers Island detainees, federal monitors periodically report on use of force across the jail complex. This image from the Eleventh Report shows at least 12 officers in a recreational area responding to two detainees who refused to be handcuffed.
Life Inside October 5, 2021
Dispatch From Deadly Rikers Island: “It Looks Like a Slave Ship in There.”
Rikers Island has been notorious for violence and neglect for decades. But detainees, corrections officers and officials tell us the New York City jail complex has plunged into a new state of emergency.
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A private donor paid for six teenagers from Queens, New York, to attend a Mets game in July for having attended every one of their court dates.
Analysis November 14, 2019
Tabloid Fuels Collective Anxiety Attack Over Bail Ban
How “free Mets tickets” for teens became a flashpoint in debate over looming bail reform law.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in July.
Commentary October 15, 2015
New York City’s Big Idea on Bail
Step one: let’s find out if it works.
By Elizabeth Glazer
Commentary July 17, 2015
Mayor de Blasio: Tear Down This Jail!
Want to fix Rikers? Close it.
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A bail bonds business is shown near Brooklyn’s courthouse complex and jail in New York, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
News July 8, 2015
Stung by Abuses at Rikers, New York City Acts on Bail Reform
But the new program would not have helped Kalief Browder.
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News June 11, 2015
Why New York Dropped Corizon
It’s not just the big profits and dead inmates.
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Commentary June 9, 2015
Fixing the Jail Where Kalief Browder was Held
Former corrections chief Martin Horn has some ideas for Rikers Island.
By Martin F. Horn
News February 2, 2015
Khaled Who?
An accused terrorist goes on trial. Manhattan yawns.
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News January 14, 2015
NYC Declares an End to Solitary for Inmates Under 21
Now comes the hard part.
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News January 8, 2015
Life Without Police
A view from the corner.
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