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Legal Aid lawyer busted for smuggling marijuana in penny loafers to NYC inmate: officials
A Legal Aid Society lawyer was arrested this week for allegedly smuggling marijuana -- hidden inside his penny loafers -- to an inmate at a Queens courthouse, officials said.
Correction boss Louis Molina's move to City Hall may signal a fed takeover NY jails need
Why did City Hall just kick Correction Commissioner Louis Molina upstairs? The obvious guess is that it thinks the feds are at long last about to take over the city’s...
DOC head leaving post for new City Hall gig as Rikers federal takeover looms
Mayor Eric Adams has tapped current Department of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina as the new Assistant Deputy Mayor to Public Safety, city hall announced on Tuesday.
Rikers officer plants weapon in inmate's cell, doesn't realize his own body cam caught crime: DA
Rosario -- who has worked in the city's Department of Corrections for seven years -- unintentionally engaged his camera while "conducting a search inside of Robert N. Davoren Center" and...
Never-ended Rikers' horrors demand more radical change at Correction Department
The latest Rikers Island scandal predates Eric Adams’ mayoralty, but the fact that it only surfaced this week is fresh proof of how entrenched the rot is.
NYC investigators found more than $780K in unused equipment in closed Rikers facility with hidden lounge
Workers from the city's Department of Correction squirreled away hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of unused equipment inside an abandoned jail on Rikers Island, according to a city investigation.
'Overworked' Rikers guard pocketed over $170K in bogus OT while vacationing, staying home: feds
Veteran Rikers Island corrections officer James Internicola pocketed more than $170,000 in bogus overtime, even while on vacation in Aruba and the Jersey Shore, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said.
Hulking 'Spider-Man' prisoner who escaped NYC hospital found badly bruised after month on the lam
Yenchun Chen, 44, was nabbed around 6:15 a.m. inside a building on 45th Avenue – about half a mile from his own home in Long Island City, cops and law...
NYC Department of Correction shells out $150K for sniper rifles, accessories: report
The New York City Department of Correction is reportedly shelling out about $150,000 for new rifles, scopes, tripods and ammunition.
New Jersey inmate claims she was sexually assaulted by trans prisoner in women's prison
An unidentified female inmate has sued the New Jersey Department of Corrections over the alleged attack at the now-closed Edna Mahan Correctional Facility.
Rikers inmate charged with attempted murder for pummeling correction officer
Rashidi Smith, 41, beat a correctional officer until he was unconscious after he refused to call the office about Smith's reported release before it opened.
Ex-NYC inmates leave $4.2M sitting in unclaimed jail commissary accounts: officials
Former inmates at Rikers Island and other Big Apple lockups have left behind a staggering $4.2 million in their commissary accounts -- and it's still waiting to be refunded, officials...
Hulking 'Spiderman' prisoner who escaped from NYC hospital by rappelling down side of building is still on the lam
“It’s embarrassing -- you see the size of that guy?” a law-enforcement source told The Post on Friday.
Feds sound alarm about dangerous conditions at NYC jails -- as prospect of takeover looms
"The court is deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of every person held at Rikers Island and all of those who work there," said Southern District Judge Laura Taylor Swain.
Prisoner rappels from 5th floor of NYC hospital with tied-up bedsheets in bold escape
A prisoner made a daring escape from a Manhattan hospital on Wednesday, rappelling down the side of the building with tied-up bedsheets before fleeing in a taxi cab, according to...
Troubled NYC jail system sees 25% dip in correction officers under Adams administration
That uniformed tally, which includes all officers and supervisors, is down 25.3% from two years ago when the DOC employed 8,388 guards.
Accused NYC subway killer Claude White allegedly stabs mental health doc on Rikers Island
Claude White, a 33-year-old homeless man remanded on murder charges in the death of Bronx resident Tavon Silver, attacked the jail worker on Saturday afternoon, Department of Correction sources said.
Infamous ‘Preppy Killer' who strangled teen girl in Central Park freed after serving 15 years on separate drug charges
The infamous "Preppy Killer" who brutally strangled a teenage girl inside Central Park more than three decades ago was released from prison Friday.
Rikers Island inmate swipes officer's uniform from gym to pose as guard — and nearly escapes
The jailbird, identified only as “Inmate Jones,” allegedly knocked on a locked door, was let out and began strolling down a corridor when staffers recognized him
4 NYC correction officers attacked by inmates in recent Rikers incidents
In one incident, an unhinged inmate used a pipe he removed from the plumbing to attack three workers, officials said.