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Rikers Island

A woman in a sleeveless green top and a patterned skirt stands in front of a microphone speaking

The Prison Poets Revolutionizing Incarceration

“Sometimes we have to give people grace... It’s all of our first tries at life.” 
By Payton Selby
U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen.

An Update on All of the Trump Officials in Prison or Awaiting Trial

Paul Manafort is off to Rikers; Michael Cohen has achieved celebrity status at Otisville; and Michael Flynn just fired his legal team.
By Harmon Leon

How New York City Plans to Return $3.5 Million to Former Inmates

Currently, after 120 days, unclaimed commissary funds become part of the Police Property Payable Fund.
By Madina Toure

Cynthia Nixon: Bill de Blasio ‘Can Do So Much Better’ on Police Reform

By Madina Toure

NYC Could Be Required to Provide Inmates With Free Telephone Calls

By Madina Toure

Gov. Andrew Cuomo Moves to Grant 35,000 New York Parolees the Right to Vote

By Madina Toure

NYC Says It Raised $400 Million to Combat Inequality During de Blasio’s First Term

By Madina Toure

Here’s What You Need to Know About the Latest New York State Budget

By Madina Toure
Rikers Island.

De Blasio: Here’s How New York City Can Close Rikers Island Faster

By Madina Toure
Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, is known as one of the worst prisons in the United States.

NYC Takes First Major Step in Shuttering Notorious Rikers Island Prison Complex

By Madina Toure
An aerial view of the Rikers Island prison.

NYC Jail Population Drops Below 9K for First Time Since ’82

By Madina Toure
A general view from the intersection of the only entrance into and exit out of Rikers Island.

Harlem Senator Wants NY Pension to Sever Ties With Private Prisons

By Madina Toure
Steven Kolb, Anna Wintour, Telfar Clemens and Diane von Furstenberg.

Get to Know Telfar Clemens, Winner of the 2017 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

By Francesca Friday
Police Commissioner James O'Neill, left, Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, right.

De Blasio Touts Progress on Policing, But Officials Say More Is Needed

By Madina Toure
A still of Robert Pattinson in Good Time.

Contrived and Disjointed, ‘Good Time’ Drags

By Rex Reed
Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the press in front of Trump Tower after his meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump.

Citing Trump, de Blasio Says Election Day the ‘Only Poll That Matters’

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, at Rikers Island.

NYC Mayor ‘Does Not See’ Rikers Island Closing in Less Than 10 Years

By Madina Toure
Correction officers call themselves "New York's Boldest," seen here painted on halls of the George Motchan Detention Center on Rikers Island.

NYC Mayor Calls on Council Members to Volunteer for New Jails in Their Districts So Rikers Island Can Close

By Will Bredderman
The late Kalief Browder's family with elected officials at his street renaming ceremony on his 25th birthday.

At Street Renaming, Kalief Browder’s Brother Calls For ‘More Thought’ On Jail Reform

By Madina Toure
Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte and Mayor Bill de Blasio at a roundtable discussion in 2014.

NYC Corrections Chief Blames Bloomberg-Era Officials for His Joyrides on the Public Dime

By Will Bredderman
Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters. (Photo: William Alatriste/New York City Council)

City Investigations Chief Slaps de Blasio Over Attempt to Cover for Corrections Head

By Will Bredderman
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 06: Comedian Samantha Bee speaks during the Eighth Annual Women In The World Summit at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on April 6, 2017 in New York City.

Elites Gone Wild: Samantha Bee Tells Lena Dunham Rikers Island Is Caribbean Vacation

By Michael Sainato
A view of the entrance to the Rikers Island prison complex (

Cuomo Calls de Blasio’s 10-Year Timetable for Closing Rikers Island a Cop-Out

By Will Bredderman
The entrance to Rikers Island.

Facing Re-Election and Political Pressure, NYC Mayor Announces Plan to Phase Out Rikers Island

By Will Bredderman
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