Sentences with phrase «island by inmates»

And its closure would provide a firm break from the history of brutal violence on Rikers Island by inmates and, particularly, by correction officers that resulted in a 2015 federal court settlement.

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So far, de Blasio has addressed the ongoing problems with violence and corruption at the city jail with a set of reforms led by Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte, including ending solitary confinement for the island's youngest inmates.

The plan is designed to help curb violence and improve conditions at the troubled Rikers Island detention complex, which is plagued by violence and dangerous conditions for both correction officers and inmates.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposal to add about $ 54 million to the Correction Department budget was praised by inmates» advocates and longtime department critics who said it demonstrated a commitment to rein in the brutality and corruption that have long plagued Rikers Island.

The number of inmates held in solitary confinement on New York City's Rikers Island has fallen sharply, in what city officials say is a sign of a gradual turnaround at a jail complex marred by allegations of violence and abuse.

Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.

The Board of Correction today approved a plan for an enhanced supervision unit touted by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte — but also voted to end solitary confinement for all inmates on Rikers Island under 21 by 2016, a sweeping change that will set the department apart from jail systems nationwide.

City taxpayers will shell out $ 3.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of an inmate who died when Rikers Island correction officers failed to get help after...

MANHATTAN — Violence at Rikers Island is on the rise even as the number of people housed at the troubled jail has declined and spending per inmate has increased dramatically, according to a report released Friday by Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Weeks after a federal report chronicled the assaults of teenage inmates by guards at Rikers Island, Florence Finkle, the commissioner overseeing investigations at the jail, resigned.

The NYC Department of Investigation has begun a review of scores of cases of serious injuries suffered by inmates at Rikers Island.

The Times uncovered details on scores of assaults at Rikers Island through interviews with current and former inmates, correction officers and mental health clinicians at the jail, and by reviewing hundreds of pages of legal, investigative and jail records.

Federal prosecutors plan to sue New York City over widespread civil rights violations in the handling of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island, making clear their dissatisfaction with the city's progress in reining in brutality by guards and improving conditions at the jail complex.

A new bureau inside the troubled Rikers Island jail complex has changed the way the Bronx district attorney handles crimes by inmates and visitors.

Comparing it to «Lord of the Flies,» Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara on Monday called Rikers Island a «broken institution» run amok with excessive force by guards and a place where the civil rights of teenage inmates are routinely violated.

On a rainy afternoon at the Rikers Island Jail Complex in New York City this week, five men and one woman wearing tan uniforms sat in front of chess boards surrounded by an audience of correction officers and fellow inmates.

Inmates at Rikers Island continue to be subjected to brutal violence by guards, a new report found.

The letter comes days after a Rikers Island captain was beaten by three inmates in an unprovoked Thanksgiving Day attack that was caught on video.

A Rikers Island guard admitted to covering up and lying about the brutal beating of an inmate, who died after being repeatedly punched and kicked in the head by another officer.

He held a press conference savaging the mayor and his correction commissioner on the steps of City Hall after a correction officer was badly slashed in the face, and has pushed back hard against many of de Blasio's efforts to bring reforms to Rikers Island to overcome what Bharara deemed, in a separate investigation, a culture of violence by guards against inmates.

On Monday, a damning report by the office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, about the «deep - seated culture of violence» against adolescent inmates at Rikers Island singled out the episodes as particularly deplorable.

The plan would start by reducing the population of the island by about half, from roughly 9,700 inmates to 5,000 inmates, by introducing an array of programs to keep offenders out of jail.

Criminal justice advocates have called for shutting down Rikers Island because of the conditions there, including the level of violence between inmates, documented abuse of prisoners by the guards and substandard facilities and healthcare that has lead to multiple deaths.

RIKERS ISLAND — The Department of Correction plans to end solitary confinement for adolescent inmates by the end of the year, according to a memo from DOC Commissioner Joseph Ponte to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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The Condemned (Lionsgate, April 27) Starring: Stone Cold Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones Director: Scott Wiper Rating: NR The Pitch: Joe Conrad (Austin), a death row inmate in a Central American prison, has his freedom purchased by a television producer, who then drops Conrad on a remote island where he is forced to fight nine other killers to the death.

Only one tour company operates to the Island and included in your $ 26 entrance fee is your ferry ride to and from and a free audio guide, which was narrated by former inmates and prison guards and was very easy to use.

While Lara Croft's first expedition uncovers an island prison run by years of stranded inmates, she also discovers a landscape that abandons the idea of singular globetrotting digs offering a sterile glimpse into frozen pockets of time, instead uncovering a complex web, where the strings of history intertwine around a mystery beating a rhythm of madness heard across the entire island.

Films, sound works, photographs and installations highlight «botanical nationalism» and other legacies of colonialism, plant migration, bio-piracy, flower diplomacy under apartheid, the role of classification and naming of plants as well as the garden planted by Mandela and his fellow inmates in Robben Island prison.

New York personal injury lawyer Eric Turkewitz takes a critical look at a lawsuit by numbers kingpin - cum - Rikers Island inmate Raymond Marquez, alleging that the New York City Department of Corrections» indoor smoking policy caused Marquez's bladder cancer.

In recognition of her work as a member of a team of lawyers who brought an unprecedented civil rights class action against New York City to end the use of excessive force against inmates at Rikers Island and other New York City jails, Ms. Enenajor was honoured with a 2014 Pro Bono Publico Award by the New York Legal Aid Society.