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Prison Doctor Resigns Amid Certification Questions Trevor P. Parks, the medical director overseeing care at Rikers Island and the Manhattan Detention Center, resigned after questions were raised about his board certification.
Rikers to Consolidate Its Academic Programs Two longstanding programs for young inmates on Rikers Island will be merged into one, starting in September.
Jail Officers Protest Cuts as Assaults Show a Rise Four correction officers were injured Saturday night in a struggle on Rikers Island after inmates refused to return to their cells.
Strip-Searches: The Truth Comes Out The settlement of another lawsuit on strip-searches in city jails revealed dishonesty in the ranks of the Department of Correction.
City Reaches $33 Million Settlement Over Strip Searches The settlement reached over illegal strip searches is the third one in the past decade in New York City.
For Lil Wayne, Third Sentencing Date Yields a Year at Rikers The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr., had pleaded guilty in October, after being arrested in 2007.
Rikers Island Guard Is Accused of Punching Prisoners Officials say that a correction officer attacked three inmates, then filed a false report to try to cover up one of the attacks.
Lil Wayne Changes Plea to Guilty on Felony Gun Charge
The Grammy-winning rapper will be sentenced to a year in prison under a plea agreement after admitting that a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol was found on his tour bus.Prisoner Who Escaped in a Suit Is Captured Two of the officers responsible for Ronald Tackman, an escaped prisoner who was arrested Thursday night, face disciplinary action.
Making a Getaway in a Three-Piece Suit Smartly dressed, Ronald Tackman walked out of holding cell at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan when a court officer mistook him for a lawyer.
Immigration Official to Run New York?s Jails Dora B. Schriro, recently appointed to overhaul the nation?s immigration detention system, resigned over family needs, not policy differences, officials said.
Immigration Officials Often Detain Foreign-Born Rikers Inmates for Deportation New York City Correction Department routinely gives list of foreign-born inmates at Rikers Island to immigration authorities, who use it to try to deport thousands of them; coalition of immigrant advocacy groups has learned that at least 13,000 Rikers inmates have been placed in deportation proceedings since 2004 through this practice; inmates put on hold or detainer are sent to immigration detention centers in other states when they finish their terms--far from legal services and relatives; ad...
Barbara Margolis, Prisoners? Advocate, Dies at 79
Mrs. Margolis was the founder and director of Fresh Start, a program that trains Rikers Island inmates for employment upon release.Man?s Death at Rikers Is Ruled a Homicide, and His Family Plans to Sue The family of a man who died while under psychiatric evaluation at a Rikers Island jail last month will sue the city for $10 million.
New York Agrees to Swine Flu Precautions at Rikers Island The city?s Department of Correction said it would sanitize a jail at the complex and screen inmates who leave the island for court appearances.
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