Sentences with phrase «city jails»

By comparison, there were more than 20,000 in city jails in the early 1990s, the report notes.

Now, a team of a dozen prosecutors and two investigators is stationed on the island inside the New York City jail complex, working out of a gray double - wide trailer.

Five correction officers accused in the brutal beating of a Rikers Island inmate were convicted of all charges, including the most serious count of first - degree attempted gang assault, in a case that shined a harsh light on the New York City jail complex.

Advocates are urging the City Council to pass a bill that would let inmates make phone calls from city jails for free.

«In an era of declining crime and detention, violence and costs at city jails should be decreasing,» Stringer said in a statement.

He was taken to Tempe City Jail on January 4 on suspicion of felony animal - cruelty charges and booked on a $ 5,000 bond.

Seelig says Ponte wants to keep Seabrook in place as union boss because Seebrook's being the target of a probe keeps him from fighting on behalf of city jail guards.

Mike Huckabee closed his keynote on the «curse» of «judicial supremacy» with an extended quotation from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail.

Inmates aren't the only ones in city jails with arrest records: A new report found that 28 percent of the corrections officers hired in 2016 who were later reviewed by...

Over the past few weeks, a series of loosely related public corruption investigations coordinated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have spilled into public view, with targets including high - ranking New York Police Department officials, the union representing city jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's mayor.

«Commissioner Joseph Ponte had three years to make city jails safer, yet violence continues to climb despite millions of city dollars for reforms and resources.»

The mayor's comments come days after Cuomo suggested the city was showing «impotence» and an unwillingness to close down the troubled city jail — something advocates and several lawmakers have called for, but which de Blasio has not embraced.

Other investigations concern some high - ranking NYPD officials and the union representing city jail guards.

Martin says fast - tracking the closure of the massive city jail complex will only happen if Cuomo and state lawmakers help reduce inmate population by passing bail, discovery and speedy trial reforms.

The New York City Jails Action Coalition, which formed in December of last year and is comprised of members of organizations that have worked on the issues for years, held its first protest outside the Board of Correction on 51 Chambers St. earlier today.

This week, the city's Department of Corrections (DOC) reported a 46 % drop in uses of force that resulted in serious injuries on inmates throughout city jails in the first half of 2016 compared to the same period last year.

In a statement to CNN, Southwest said one man suffered minor injuries in the Sunday morning fight at Burbank's Bob Hope Airport and the other, who was reported to be Chaze Mickalo Cable, 37, of Lancaster, Calif., was arrested for misdemeanor battery and booked into the Burbank City Jail, said Sgt. Derek Green of the local police department, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Largely lost in the publicity shuffle are Simmons and Wynn, who now spend their days in the dreary Hampton City Jail.

New York City jails drastically have reduced the number of inmates in solitary confinement.

Former city jails chief Joseph Ponte's fondness for road trips ran deeper than the city has previously admitted, records obtained by The Post show.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials asked the city Correction Department to detain 944 inmates in city jails between October 2014 and September 2015.

City jails transferred 2,016 inmates to ICE custody — or 63 percent, records show.

Hardened criminals locked away in gritty city jails can now look forward to getting some inner peace through stress - reducing transcendental meditation classes, courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

«She'll fight to ensure that New York City keeps Rikers Island open and will stand arm to arm with New Yorkers to block any efforts to locate city jails in our neighborhoods.»

But the culture of criminal justice would also have to shift — among lawyers, judges and district attorneys — to ensure that fewer New Yorkers languish in city jails awaiting trial, experts said.

One document is an 1838 article written by a slave who was detained for three months in the Sugar House, a part of the Charleston city jail, located in South Carolina.

She was booked at the Monterey City Jail on the warrant for animal cruelty and will be transported to the Monterey County Jail to be held in lieu of $ 10,000 bail.

Sometimes we exchange things or services we can not do ourselves, as is the case with Time Divisa by José Antonio Vega Macotela, where he exchanges his time with prisoners in a Mexico City jail.

City Investigations Commissioner Mark Peters said Ponte spent 90 days there last year, running up thousands in gas and toll bills, and was absent from the city during 27 violent incidents at city jails — including three guard slashings and an inmate escape.

And Ms. Mark - Viverito has rolled out plans for a bail fund, to help some of those people Ms. Clinton mentioned get out of city jails.

But when I attended a seminar last summer to catch up on seminal readings I'd never had time for, from Aristotle's «Politics» to Martin Luther King's «Letter from Birmingham City Jail,» the discussion of King's efforts and the resulting social changes made it clear that context — even technology — mattered as much as message.

He is an addiction medicine specialist who treats patients incarcerated in New York City jails as well as in community practice at Bellevue Hospital Center.

The speaker's proposals come as the de Blasio administration continues to grapple with rising rates of violence at the troubled city jail, as well as an overburdened court system.

But the prison system needs more «fundamental, real reform,» he told the Observer at today's press conference, saying teenagers and those unable to make bail should not be languishing in the massive city jail complex.

Other proposed bills would require the city to provide free diapers at certain social services buildings; allow inmates in city jails to choose the gender of their doctor; report more details about unlicensed child care centers and maternal mortality; and assess the accessibility of doulas to pregnant people around the city.

In over 26 city jails in Los Angeles County, prisoners can pay to upgrade their cells and secure more attractive digs (complete with a flat - screen TV).

NEW YORK (AP)-- Candie Hailey spent more than three years in a New York City jail, most of it in solitary confinement, before a jury decided she was innocent last year and set her free.

When I was 17, I got into some really big trouble and was remanded in a city jail for a while until I could be transferred to a prison.

Nine miles south, at 300 Mulberry Street, George Herman Ruth was sitting in a cell in a New York City jail.

She has worked with incarcerated individuals, families, adolescents, and college students in a variety of settings, including county and city jails, community mental health centers, university counseling centers, and hospitals.

A town - hall style meeting was held last night, hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton, about the future of Rikers Island after some high - profile calls to shut down the city jail complex.

Martin Murphy, the highest - ranking uniformed officer overseeing Rikers Island, abruptly stepped down on Friday, the latest sign of turmoil at the city jail agency.

At 9:30 a.m., VOCAL - NY, the Corrections Accountability Project, JustLeadershipUSA and advocates urge lawmakers to end the practice of exploiting people incarcerated in city jails to generate revenue for the city budget, City Hall gates, Broadway side, Manhattan.

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.

But she stopped short of endorsing any plan to close the city jail or build smaller facilities in the outer boroughs.