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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.
Three NYC DOC staffers suspended following latest Rikers inmate death
The officers and an assistant deputy warden failed to properly make their rounds of a housing unit on Rikers Island on Sunday when Curtis Davis died, DOC sources said.
Rikers Island inmate found dead for 7th time this year
The death came a week after Mayor Eric Adams resisted a federal takeover of the city's jail system, claiming that the city was making strides to reform Rikers.
Fed prosecutor's right: It's time for a receiver to take over Rikers
When it comes to the hellish conditions at Rikers, nothing could be clearer: The jail facility is in urgent need of new management.
Mayor Eric Adams resists federal takeover of Rikers Island, says he's 'best person' to fix it
“I am the best person in this administration to finally turn around the Department of Corrections,” declared Hizzoner Tuesday at the NYPD’s headquarters.
Commissioning failure: Adams' appointments aren't making NYC safer
Mayor Eric Adams has blamed the media for New Yorkers' public-safety fears instead of the disastrous tenures of all three of his public-safety commissioners.
‘Pervasive dysfunction’ found in NYC jails under Adams: federal monitor
The damning report, filed Monday in Manhattan federal court, calls on the judge to threaten to hold the city in contempt as a way to force the Department of Correction's...
'Hot head' Ex-DOC captain caught assaulting graphic designer delivering shirts on video: 'He beat the s--t out of me'
Video provided to The Post allegedly shows the moment Marc Silverman threw a flurry of punches at Christopher Spinella after Spinella, a graphic designer, delivered of a box of t-shirts...
Cancer-stricken inmate dies at Bellevue's prison ward – fifth New Yorker to die in city custody this year: officials
Ricky Howell, 60 – who records show was being held for parole violations, burglary and other thefts – died around 5 p.m. at the facility, where he was receiving “long-term...
Rikers inmate dies of overdose, DOC staffers facing suspension
Burglary suspect Felix Taveras, 40, complained of pain around 11:55 p.m. Monday and was taken to the clinic for medical care before he died.
Ex-NYC Council candidate driven to Rikers Island for cushy weekend prison stays
A former city council candidate who got a slap on the wrist for trying to steal almost $20,000 in campaign donations only goes to prison on the weekends — when...
NYC's DOC is spending $90K on 30 submachine guns for troubled Rikers Island
The New York City Department of Correction said it purchased MP5 submachine guns for a specially trained team of officers and only to be used in "extraordinary" and "high-risk" situations.
Adams secures $4B contract with 11 city unions including NYPD, FDNY and sanitation
Adams and other officials -- absent outgoing Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell -- announced a new $4B, five-year tentative contract for the city's uniformed unions.
Gal pal of NYC gangbanger busted for trying to smuggle $29K worth of oxycodone into Rikers: sources
Irena Wilson, 28, the gal-pal of a reputed Brooklyn gang member, was busted trying to smuggle about $29,000 worth of oxycodone into Rikers Island over the weekend, sources said.
Mayor Adams must demand Rikers release inmate-death data
Mayor Eric Adams literally wants to hide the bodies — supporting his correction commissioner’s bizarre decision to stop reporting deaths at Rikers Island.
NYC DOC suddenly stops publicly announcing deaths of in-custody inmates
The city’s Department of Corrections will no longer tell the public if someone dies behind bars – a move critics say is meant to cloak what happens inside the Big...
NYC DOC head tried to get federal monitor to shelve damning report on jail incidents
The shocking, one-off report paints a grim picture of the current state of the Big Apple's correctional facilities — as Mayor Adams' pick to run the jails tries to downplay...
NYC inmates overdosing at record pace as fentanyl finds ways into jails
The DOC has said fentanyl is coming in through the mail, in drug-soaked cards, letters, and even a book, from which inmates tore pages to smoke or ingest.
Rikers Island guard dumped his own urine on inmate
A corrections officer dumped a bottle of his own urine on a Rikers Island inmate in retaliation for being splashed with what he believed was pee.
Accused murderer leaps to death on Rikers Island
The death was the second in DOC custody this year.