As ‘Close Rikers’ grows ever more impossible, progressives insist ever harder on doing it
In its latest report, even the Lippman Commission admits the Rikers Island prison complex can’t close by 2027, but the ...
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Anti-jail fanatics will block Tisch’s crime-fighting plans
New Yorkers, distressed about continuing crime and disorder, are cheering Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s plans to crack down — but ...
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Probe launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in NYC custody
A Rikers Island inmate behind bars for allegedly slashing a stranger with a boxcutter died in custody this week – ...
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Pray NYC never meets the deadline to close Rikers
With every contract City Hall signs for new jails to replace Rikers, the completion date gets further and further away. ...
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Inhumane Prison and Jail Conditions Prompt Calls for Federal Takeovers
Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 12.14.2024 Some state and local lockups are facing federal intervention due to problems ranging from filthy ...
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Ditching NYC insane ‘sanctuary’ laws requires an all-hands war with the local hard left
Great news: Mayor Adams and Trump border czar-designate Tom Homan seemed to reach a real meeting of minds in Thursday’s ...
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‘This insanity needs to stop’
A pair of federal immigration bigwigs on Thursday called for the long-shuttered ICE office at the Rikers Island jail complex ...
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NYC correction officers union calls for firing of security chief after another slashing at Rikers
A correction officer was allegedly slashed in the head by a gangbanger during a fight inside troubled Rikers Island on ...
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NYC inmate on the run after slipping cuffs and dashing from cops at Bellevue Hospital
An inmate slipped out of his handcuffs and escaped from police custody at Bellevue Hospital Wednesday as officials prepared to ...
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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 ...
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