";s:4:"text";s:3168:"Gang fights and fewer inmates in solitary confinement are reasons for the spike in violence at Rikers, jail bosses say. The mayor evaded questions from reporters Monday about whether he agrees with NYPD officials about where to place the blame for the spike in violence. New York's notorious Rikers Island jail complex has been plagued by allegations of corruption, violence and human rights abuses, and plans are now in place to shut it down for good.
A person holds up a picture of Layleen Polanco, a transgender person who died at the Rikers Island prison, during a Black Trans Lives Matter rally in Brooklyn, N.Y. on June 14, 2020. Le conseil municipal de New York a entériné ce jeudi la fermeture de la prison géante de Rikers Island, à une échéance encore incertaine.
RIKERS Island prison — where Harvey Weinstein will be caged — is so violent it is known as the “Gladiator School”. Out of the 14 incidents, 12 were slashings and stabbings. According to the investigation’s findings, as reported by the New York Times and Associated Press (the full report is here), there is a “deep-seated culture of violence” … According to the investigation, current or former Rikers Island inmates carried out a total of 14 violent acts in the jail between September 2015 and July 2019.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday morning New York City is in the midst of what he called a “perfect storm,” with the impacts of COVID-19 and the release of some Rikers inmates … Of the 2,500 people released from Rikers Island because of the coronavirus pandemic, 275 have been arrested again, some multiple times, police said.
The New York City Police Department’s top cop is pointing to the city’s release of Rikers Island inmates as part of the reason shootings have spiked, data shows, by …
Violence has spiked at Rikers Island, even as the city moves to shutter the jail complex and replace it with smaller local facilities. And that's what we do when we put them on Rikers," he says. Besides sex, Rikers was rife with drugs, she says. “You go across the Rikers Island bridge, you see everybody lighting up weed — from wardens to captains to deputy wardens to corrections officers. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea launched a fresh attack on Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday, calling New York City 's recent spike in violence … Supposedly named after Abraham Rycken, who bought the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha). Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, released a 79-page report saying the … Rikers Island is New York City's way of demonizing its own citizens, its own children. Investigation Into Violence Toward Teenagers at Rikers Island.