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View ArticleNYC’s plan to close Rikers Island jail complex is not going to cut it
If New York City closes the jail complex on Rikers Island, as it is slated to do in 2027, the “borough-based jails” erected in its place will leave the city with room for just 3,300 detainees.
View ArticleThree jail guards caught day drinking on the job at The Tombs
The trio was caught drinking after the jail's deputy warden received a report from a detective that the officers had been boozing on the job.
View ArticleRikers Island officers working 100-plus hours weekly, stuck sleeping in...
Guards on Rikers Island are so overworked that many clock in an average of more than 100 hours a week at the scandal-scarred jail complex, records show.
View ArticleInmates who sexually assault guards need harsher penalties, NYC officer says
A Rikers Island correction officer was attacked by an inmate last month -- and is now calling for prisoners to face more serious punishments for sexually assaulting guards.
View ArticleNYC jail guards accused of lying to cover up unprovoked attack on inmate
Carl Williams, 31, Roy Dewar, 58, and Jatan Das, 64, appeared in Bronx Supreme Court Tuesday on official misconduct and multiple counts of falsifying business records,
View ArticleNYC correction officer exposed to fentanyl while inspecting inmate mail: union
The officer at the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, a jail barge in the Bronx, was inspecting mail when her hands went numb despite wearing several layers of gloves, the union said.
View Article$40 cigarettes, $6K iPhones: What smuggled goods really cost in prison
According to a prison consultant who served time himself, hard drugs like meth — which costs more than 225% more than its street value — are "rampant" behind bars.
View ArticleNYC jail guard pleads guilty to raking in sick pay while bowling
Eduardo Trinidad was the last of a trio of guards to cop to a single count of federal program fraud, as alleged by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.
View ArticleMassachusetts jail left in ruin after chaotic 6-hour standoff between inmates...
The inmates took over the area, and sent out a list of demands to the jail staff, including televisions, cheaper canteen prices, more magazines and vocational and substance abuse programs, Fox reported.
View ArticleNJ jail guard demoted for reporting superior choking inmate in mugshot
A New Jersey correction officer claims he was demoted for reporting that his white superior choked a black inmate in a mugshot, new court papers allege.
View ArticleNY state corrections officer loses gun during strong-arm robbery in the Bronx
An off-duty New York state corrections officer lost his gun during a robbery in the Bronx early Sunday -- about an hour before a Scottish tourist was robbed by crowbar-wielding miscreants in Central Park.
View ArticleNYC Department of Correction shells out $150K for sniper rifles, accessories:...
The New York City Department of Correction is reportedly shelling out about $150,000 for new rifles, scopes, tripods and ammunition.
View ArticleInmate convicted of past murder kills Georgia jail guard with ‘homemade...
Lester is expected to be charged with the assault and resulting death of Clark, as well as the assault on Willingham.
View ArticleLong Island correction officer accused of sexually assaulting inmate
A Long Island correction officer was arrested Friday after he allegedly sexually assaulted an inmate earlier this year, officials said. Suffolk County Correction Officer Jason Middleton, 35, is accused...
View ArticleCorrection officer charged with murder after allegedly firing more than a...
Connecticut correction officer William Lucky is being held on $2.5 million bail for allegedly gunning down motorist Scott Kracke during a violent road-rage dispute on a local highway.
View ArticleCorrection officer claims self-defense in fatal road-rage clash where he...
The lawyer for William Lucky, 32, claims the Connecticut correction officer acted in self-defense when he allegedly gunned down another motorist during a heated road rage encounter.
View ArticleFemale corrections deputy charged with having sex with inmate
Akira Jones has been on administrative leave since late December.
View ArticleRikers inmate chokes female correction officer weeks after another attack...
The attacks — which happened on January 16 and February 16, respectively — were both shock-and-awe assaults launched by hulking inmates that caught both officers completely off-guard, the traumatized...
View Article30 Kentucky prison guards had sex with inmates over just 16 months — while 14...
After a protracted battle state officials over records access, The Herald-Leader newspaper obtained a trove of internal reports that offered a rare glimpse into official misconduct behind prison walls.
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