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Rikers Island is one of the world's most notorious jails — here's what it's actually like
Vidal Guzman is a campaigner and spokesperson living in New York City. He was incarcerated on Riker…
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New York City wants to build a 'mega jail' in Chinatown. Residents are fighting back.
The new jail is expected to stand around 300 feet above the ground, possibly making it the tallest …
Natasha Ishak
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Inmates at Rikers Island claim the poor conditions at the prison fail to meet 'mandatory, minimum standards for a human being'
In one of the voicemails, inmate Ervin Bowins said the current conditions do not meet the "mandator…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Correction officers at NYC's largest jail deferred to a gang leader who was allowed designer sneakers, bins of food, and a more comfortable bed in his cell: former inmate
A former detainee at Rikers Island alleged he was forced into a "Fight Night" while correction offi…
Natalie Musumeci
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15 Rikers Island inmates — all men of color — died in 2021, the largest number of deaths since 2016
"Too many New Yorkers have died or suffered enormous and irreversible physical and psychological ha…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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The inmates of Rikers Island are in control of the jail, The New York Times reports
Some Rikers inmates have stolen keys and used them to free other detainees in custody, who then com…
Natalie Musumeci
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Fake heiress' Anna Sorokin on life after prison and why regret is 'a useless feeling'
Anna Sorokin - AKA Anna Delvey - talks about prison, the criminal justice system, and that new memo…
Jacob Shamsian
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NYC's mayor-elect says he'll restore solitary confinement on Rikers Island before closing the facility, despite the UN calling the practice 'torture'
The United Nations recommended that all countries abolish solitary confinement because its psycholo…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Farewell, Bill de Blasio: Good riddance to the mayor who talked the talk but failed to walk the walk
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to change the city and stand up to the NYPD. He did not…
Ashish Prashar
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul authorizes release of 191 detainees amid 'humanitarian crisis' at Rikers Island
State officials pleaded for help following tours of the prison because conditions are life-threaten…
Morgan Keith
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A transgender woman died while in custody on Rikers Island after she couldn't afford $500 bail. NYC just agreed to pay her family $5.9 million.
Layleen Polanco had an epileptic seizure while being held in isolation at Rikers Island in 2019. A …
Frank Carber
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Jada Pinkett Smith says Tupac proposed to her while he was in Rikers, but she knew he would divorce her as soon as he got out of jail
"I think that for him, he just felt like, 'Okay, if I can tether myself, it'll keep me on a traject…
Amanda Goh
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New images show harrowing scenes from inside New York's notorious Rikers Island jail, including prisoners in filthy and life-threatening situations
Images from inside New York's Rikers Island jail show dire scenes, including a prisoner left to sit…
Alia Shoaib
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Fake heiress Anna Sorokin penned a letter to Donald Trump in anticipation of his legal battles
Imprisoned fake heiress Anna Sorokin penned a letter to former President Donald Trump as he faces m…
Moises Mendez II
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Rikers expert says Allen Weisselberg will get better treatment as a prominent Trump supporter
Allen Weisselberg will fare better at NYC's notorious jail because he's 75 and Trump's ex-CFO &mdas…
Laura Italiano
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Donald Trump's longtime money man, Allen Weisselberg, quickly gets coveted cot in 'safest place' at Rikers
The Trump Organization's ex-CFO breezed through intake at Rikers. His new digs allow hot pots for '…
Laura Italiano
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Trump's top money man, Allen Weisselberg, is braced to hear the door clang shut at NYC's notorious Rikers jail on Tuesday
Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump's CFO since the '80s, heads to NYC's infamous Rikers Island jail Tu…
Laura Italiano
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They started out as pioneering hip-hop moguls. They wound up building a drug empire.
Tupac, cocaine, and murder: the incredible saga of the Henchmen brothers
David Kushner
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Over a dozen New York City correction officers face disciplinary action over the death of a trans woman in solitary confinement at Rikers Island
Officers waited 90 minutes before calling for medical attention after Layleen Cubilette-Polanco was…
Connor Perrett
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A woman who fled Russia while being investigated for murder was just convicted for trying to assume her doppelgänger's identity by feeding her poisonous cheesecake
Viktoria Nasyrova's conviction comes years after she was accused of drugging and killing a friend i…