Rikers Island News 2025. New York City disciplining 17 correction officers in death of transgender Rikers Island inmate The man, identified by sources as Ramel Powell,… Mayor Eric Adams spent the first three years of his mayorality largely ignoring the city's original plan to shutter Rikers Island's jails and replace them with four borough-based jails by 2027
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While the legally-mandated August 2027 deadline for Rikers' closure has seemed more and more far-fetched each year since the law's passage in 2019, the statement from the Independent Rikers Commission in a report issued Wednesday appears to be the most blunt assessment of the city's failure to hit the deadline yet. The man, identified by sources as Ramel Powell,…
Rikers Island replacement plan heads to City Council for approval Curbed NY
A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week - marking the city's first detainee death in 2025, officials and sources said. According to the Daily News, four Rikers Island staffers were suspended in wake of Tavaras' death, believed to be caused by a drug overdose While the legally-mandated August 2027 deadline for Rikers' closure has seemed more and more far-fetched each year since the law's passage in 2019, the statement from the Independent Rikers Commission in a report issued Wednesday appears to be the most blunt assessment of the city's failure to hit the deadline yet.
An Unanswered Call for Help at Rikers Island The New York Times. Now, two days after the commission charged with creating the original closure plan issued an updated proposal, Adams appears to have decided to neglect that one, as well. A new report outlined steps to lower the female population from.
Rikers Island News 2024 Hetty Christin. Mayor Eric Adams spent the first three years of his mayorality largely ignoring the city's original plan to shutter Rikers Island's jails and replace them with four borough-based jails by 2027 While the legally-mandated August 2027 deadline for Rikers' closure has seemed more and more far-fetched each year since the law's passage in 2019, the statement from the Independent Rikers Commission in a report issued Wednesday appears to be the most blunt assessment of the city's failure to hit the deadline yet.