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US judge takes control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail
A federal judge has decided to take control of New York’s Rikers Island jail away from city officials due to years of ...
A chance for a better Rikers: Federal judge’s new manager could lead to lasting change
Remediation manager” sounds more like a third-rank bureaucrat or elementary school reading specialist than a revolutionary ...
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Big Moment for NYC’s Rikers Island Jail
Rikers Island is a century-old jail complex on an island sandwiched between the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It’s home ...
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Under a Remediation Manager, Who Will Actually Control Rikers Island?
Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction ...
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Judge orders city to hand over control of Rikers to outside manager
In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that manager will "support remediation of the ongoing violations of the constitutional rights of people in custody in the New ...
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Former New York state trooper pleads guilty to faking his own shooting
Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it. WABC reporter NJ Burkett ...
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Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain took control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex on Tuesday and appointed an official who reports to the court to run it. WABC reporter NJ Burkett ...