rikers-island
A former Manhattan neurologist who was convicted last month of sexually assaulting multiple patients was found dead at Rikers Island on Monday, CNN reports. Dr. Ricardo Cruciani, who was the former chairman of the neurology department at Philadelphia’s Drexel University, was found around 5:35 a.m. in the shower area of the New York City jail facility with […]
The New York City Department of Correction confirmed earlier today that a man who was being held at the Vernon C. Bain Center, located just north of the Rikers Island jail complex, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning after he was transported to a local hospital, The New York Times reports. Stephan Khadu, 24, becomes the 12th inmate at Rikers to […]
While the notorious Rikers Island jail complex in New York is set to be closed by 2027, the conditions in the meantime are receiving revived criticism from a number of lawmakers. New York State Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas, who recently toured the facilities, told CBS News she saw garbage spread across the floor, as well […]
2 Milly told the New York Daily News that two units at Rikers Island were left unattended after correction officers failed to show up for more than 24 hours earlier this week, leaving the inmates to take up various administrative tasks. “We are really running the dorm by ourselves. I’ve never seen anything like this,” […]
As the coronavirus sweeps through the nation’s correctional facilities, New York City has provided inmates at Rikers with a way to occupy their time. Officials told the New York Daily News on Friday that thousands of inmates were given off-brand handheld gaming devices similar to a Nintendo Game Boy. In March, the city used taxpayers’ dollars […]
As the world struggles with the global health crisis, some of those who are faring the worst are prisoners, whose living conditions are only declining amid the spread of COVID-19. Taxstone—who is currently incarcerated on Rikers Island—decided to be very candid about what prisoners are dealing with. “I’m currently in my grave, with my eyes open, […]
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