A court fight over Rikers Island’s future has produced thousands of pages about the jail complex’s troubled state. Inmate authors have produced thousands more.
Tag: Rikers Island Prison Complex
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How Rikers Island Became New York’s Largest Mental Institution
A seemingly endless rotation between state forensic hospitals and city jails has meant that some mentally ill detainees stay in the system for years without ever standing trial.
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Man Charged in Grand Central Stabbings Slashed Inmate, Officials Say
Steven Hutcherson, who was charged in the stabbings of two teenage sisters on Christmas Day, slashed a detainee on Rikers Island three days later, the authorities said.
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Rikers Detainees Were Kept Locked in Cells After Fire Broke Out
A report by the Board of Correction found that eight people remained in their cells for a half-hour while smoke spread through a housing unit.