Sentences with phrase «main jail complex»
Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference this afternoon on Rikers Island, the City's main jail complex, announcing the recent end of punitive segregation for 16 and 17 year old inmates.
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DOI Commissioner Mark G. Peters said, «The Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau is an important step forward in addressing the violence and corruption that takes place at the City's main jail complex.
As the drumbeat to shutter the city's main jail complex on Rikers Island continues, many are imagining what could replace the exclusive gated community and the island's 413 acres.
As the drumbeat to shutter the city's main jail complex on Rikers Island continues, many are imagining what could replace the exclusive gated community...
The legislation would bolster what the council did in 2014, when it passed rules booting immigration agents from its outpost on Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, and restricted the city's cooperation with the federal government.
For months, protesters hounded Mayor Bill de Blasio at town hall - style meetings and fund - raisers from Manhattan to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., demanding that he shut down New York City's main jail complex on Rikers Island.
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In 2016, the main New York City jail complex, Rikers Island, ended the use of solitary confinement for 16 - to 18 - year - olds, and Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced an end to punitive solitary confinement for people under age 21.