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Ex-NYC jails boss named head of Big Apple’s hiring, recruiting agency
Louis Molina, who stepped down from the Department of Correction last year during a bitter back-and-forth the federal jails' monitor, was named Monday afternoon to lead DCAS, which is tasked...
NYC Department of Corrections yanks all 3,000 body cameras after one ignites injuring officer
The captain’s body camera caught on fire Friday, prompting unions to ask for a full safety review, officials said.
NYC Council grills DOC on rising unresolved inmate complaints -- including claims about sexual assault
Fewer than one in five inmate complaints on Rikers Island over the last four years ever saw any resolution, including women who sounded the alarm over their sexual assault, according...
NYC councilman looks to bring back some solitary confinement in Big Apple jails
The bills, though, could be DOA, council sources said.
Accused murderer beat Rikers Island guard unconscious because he was 'irate' about locked cell: DA
Tymirh Bey-Foster, 21, allegedly attacked a Rikers corrections officer even after she doused him with pepper spray to defend herself
NYC correction officers union argues federal court takeover of Rikers would leave violence-plagued prison in 'chaos'
The city’s correction officer union is backing the Adams administration’s fight to block a federal court from taking over Rikers Island, insisting such action would only make the violence-plagued jail...
Two NYC correction officers left bloodied, battered by inmates in one violent day on Rikers Island
Two city correction officers were left with serious injuries after the attacks, which happened in two different holding areas on Sunday.
K-9 killed by MS-13 gang members while protecting officer during prison assault
A K-9 was stabbed to death by MS-13 gang members while heroically protecting a corrections officer and another inmate during an attack at a Virginia prison, officials said.
Rikers inmate chokes female correction officer weeks after another attack left guard with fractured nasal bones
The attacks — which happened on January 16 and February 16, respectively — were both shock-and-awe assaults launched by hulking inmates that caught both officers completely off-guard, the traumatized victims...
Accused murderer stabs fellow inmate dozens of times at Rikers Island
An accused murderer stabbed another inmate dozens of times at Rikers Island Tuesday in the latest act of violence at the city lockup, police and sources said. Phillip Moreno, who...
Male Rikers Island inmate who was ‘instructed to claim he was transgender’ raped female prisoner: lawsuit
The troubling lawsuit was filed in late November.
Mayor Adams fights the good fight vs. Council ban on solitary confinement
It allows the people operating the jail to keep other inmates and guards safe from incorrigibly violent crooks.
Unhinged 'Grand Central slasher' says his young Christmas Day victims were FBI plants in jailhouse interview
During an exclusive televisit from Rikers Island, Steven Hutcherson told The Post only FBI Director Christopher Wray had the answers to questions about the horrifying Christmas attack he is accused...
Federal monitor slams council's move to ban solitary confinement
The controversial Bill 549-A stipulates that an inmate can only be separated from the general population if they behave violently while in custody.
Fight like hell, Mayor Adams
Speaker Adrienne Adams poked Mayor Adams in the eye last week, passing Public Advocate Jumaane Williams' bills to ban solitary confinement and bury cops under massive amounts of unnecessary paperwork.
Mayor Eric Adams blasts NYC Council's 'far-left agenda' after controversial NYPD, DOC bills
“You have people who have a far-left agenda, who don’t believe in supporting police, and they’re just writing this legislation, and just handing it over to the council people,” Hizzoner...
NYC Council expected to OK slew of last-minute bills, including controversial NYPD, DOC reforms
The year-end legislation is expected to lead to a showdown between councilmembers and Mayor Eric Adams, who has vehemently decried the two bills but stopped short of vowing to veto...
The time for a federal takeover of Rikers Island jails is now
What will it take to bring a federal takeover of New York City’s jails?
NYC's new DOC leader gets rare show of support from fed monitor as takeover looms
Federal monitor Steve Martin welcomed the new commissioner as well as a new general counsel — moves that he said appeared to "reflect an attempt by the City to alter...
City Hall to tap eight-year NYC DOC veteran as new commissioner: sources
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie will be tapped as the commissioner for the city's troubled jail system as her boss transitions to his new City Hall job, sources told The Post.