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Rikers Island Guards Convicted in Beating and Cover-Up
Four guards at New York City’s Rikers Island jail have been convicted in connection with the beating of an inmate and a cover-up effort, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, Christopher Huggins, 34, and Michael Dorsainvil, 36, were convicted of filing false records and assault; Ronald Donnelley, 63, and Mark Anglin, 38, were found guilty of…
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Kalief Browder’s Mother Laid to Rest in NYC
About 100 mourners gathered to honor 63-year-old Venida Browder’s life on Saturday in the Bronx, N.Y., according to the New York Daily News. Browder died after a series of heart attacks on Oct. 14. Browder was the mother of the late Kalief Browder, the young New York City man who committed suicide about a year…
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NYC to Pay $5,750,000 Over Death of Mentally Ill Inmate
The city of New York has agreed to pay $5.75 million to the family of a mentally ill inmate who was found dead while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the settlement in the death of Bradley Ballard is reportedly the largest the city has…
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6 Rikers Guards Jailed in Vicious Inmate Beating
The shoe most certainly now sits on the other foot as six former New York City correction officers at Rikers Island, the city’s notoriously violent jail, were themselves jailed Friday after being sentenced for the ruthless beating of an inmate there, according to the New York Daily News. The six men convicted included a former…
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Family of Rikers Island Inmate Who Died From Untreated Ulcer Receives $1,500,000 Settlement
The family members of Victor Woods, 53, reached a $1.5 million settlement with New York City after Woods died from untreated, bleeding ulcers while incarcerated at Rikers Island, according to the New York Daily News. Woods’ relatives sued the city after he slowly bled to death internally on a cot at the Anna M. Kross…
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‘Kalief’s Law’ Passed in NYC to Honor Teen Tortured on Rikers Island
In what could be viewed as some semblance of justice for Kalief Browder, the young man who became the poster child for everything wrong with New York City’s broken criminal-justice system and its jails, the lower house of the New York Legislature recently passed a bill known as “Kalief’s Law” to ensure that persons arrested…
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5 Guards at NYC’s Rikers Island Convicted in Brutal Beating of Inmate
A former chief for security and four other officers at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex have been convicted of felony charges in the brutal beating of an inmate, CBS News reports. Former Assistant Chief for Security Eliseo Perez and officers Alfred Rivera, Tobias Parker, Jose Parra and David Rodriguez were convicted Tuesday of charges,…
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NYC Man Spent Nearly 5 Months in Jail Because He Didn’t Know His Bail Was $2
A Queens, N.Y., man was locked up at New York City’s Rikers Island jail for nearly five months without knowing that his freedom could have been obtained with loose change, the New York Daily News reports. Aitabdel Salem, 41, remained at Rikers from November 2014 to April 2015, despite the fact that his bail cost only…