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If City Council wants to make Rikers less violent, it must let Adams' veto on solitary confinement stand
Mayor Eric Adams vetoed two bills last week, including the How Many Stops Act.
Rikers rape case shows female prisoners are the voiceless victims of gender ideology
Mostly thanks to outraged parents, the resistance against gender ideology scored its first major victories in 2023.
Male Rikers Island inmate who was ‘instructed to claim he was transgender’ raped female prisoner: lawsuit
The troubling lawsuit was filed in late November.
Rikers inmate facing attempted murder charge breaks arm of officer in unprovoked attack: 'They don’t face any punishment’
A Rikers inmate locked up on an attempted murder charge broke a Correction Officer’s arm during an unprovoked attack at the beleaguered jail -- in what the guard's union called...
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.
Grand Central 'slasher' strikes again: Letters to the Editor — Jan. 2, 2024
The Issue: The alleged stabbing of an inmate by the "Grand Central slasher" following his arrest.
Rikers inmate reportedly shivved by alleged Grand Central stabber had 26 prior arrests, once charged with attempted murder
Hutcherson, who has a long record of his own, allegedly stabbed two teen tourists at Grand Central Terminal on Christmas morning.
7 years in Rikers: Man serves 'longest sentence' in the notorious jail
One of the longest serving inmates on Rikers Island is finally a free man -- acquitted of murder charges and living with his mother in Boston -- but still faces...
Madman's jailhouse stabbing is yet another epic fail by New York City
System failure, anyone?
Grand Central's nightmare stabbings: Letters to the Editor — Dec. 29, 2023
The Issue: The Christmas Day stabbings of two teenage tourists at Grand Central Terminal.
Accused Grand Central stabber slashed fellow inmate with ceramic blade in unprovoked attack: police sources
The vagrant accused of stabbing two teen tourists at Grand Central Terminal allegedly slashed a fellow Rikers Island inmate in the face Thursday morning, law enforcement sources told The Post.
NYPD's write of way: Letters to the Editor — Dec. 26, 2023
The idea of forcing police officers to file a report for every street stop is another example of the council’s benighted efforts in this direction.
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.
NYC Council approves bills forcing cops to record all stops, banning solitary confinement
The New York City Council pushed through two controversial bills Wednesday that will see a ban on solitary confinement in Big Apple jails.
Banning solitary confinement will make NYC jails less safe, union says
The union representing New York City jail officers went on 11th hour offensive Monday urging Council members not to pass legislation to ban solitary confinement.
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?
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.
Why Rikers Island is ripe for a rethink
Mayor Adams announced last month that Louis Molina will leave his post as commissioner of New York City’s Department of Correction (DOC) to become the assistant deputy mayor for public...
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...