Eric Adams preparing 'for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island'
New York Mayor Eric Adams met with President Trump's border emperor Tom Homan on Thursday to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to resume operations on Rikers Island, which houses the city's largest prison. He said he met. “Today I met with 'border Emperor' Tom Homan and local federal law enforcement officials to […]
Harvey Weinstein pleads with judge to move up trial date because he ‘can’t hold on anymore’ at ‘hellhole’ Rikers
Hollywood producer Harvey Wine Stein appealed to a judge in Manhattan on Wednesday in the morning of his new sexual assault trial on Lys Island. “I want to be justice for myself, so I hold it, and I want to finish this,” he said to Judge Curtis Faber, the Supreme Court of Manhattan. Added a […]
Rikers opens wellness center for correction officers
The New York State Department of Corrections has opened a wellness center for Riker guards with a “quiet room,” gym, and business center in an ongoing effort to help COs live healthy lives. The space is located within the Otis Bantam Correctional Center and is staffed by 800 uniformed staff members. The Department of Corrections […]
Adams wants to reopen Rikers Island ICE office, Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan says after mayor pulls ‘complete 180’ in sitdown
Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan that he wants to reopen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Rikers Island. This sparked swift anger among immigrant advocates and almost certainly a bitter battle with the City Council. The mayor's desire to thaw out the troubled prison complex's ICE offices, which Homan detailed to […]
Harvey Weinstein Attorney Claims Bloody Clothes in ‘Gulag’ Prison Part of Substandard Medical Care at Rikers
NEW YORK (AP) – Harvey Weinstein's lawyers filed a legal claim Tuesday against New York City, alleging that Weinstein received substandard medical care in unsanitary conditions while in prison. woke up. the infamous Rikers Island prison complex. The notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city, accuses the […]
NYC found in contempt over ‘grave’ conditions at Rikers Island — with fed takeover increasingly likely
New York City was found guilty of contempt Wednesday over “serious” conditions at Rikers Island. The judge said Rikers Island is “prone” to ordering a federal takeover of the troubled prison complex. A scathing 65-page contempt order by Manhattan federal judge Laura Taylor Swain accused the city of increased inmate deaths, a spike in “uses […]
Harvey Weinstein claims NYC Rikers Island not providing medical care and hygiene
Harvey Weinstein's lawyers filed a lawsuit Tuesday against New York City, alleging that Weinstein is being held at the notorious Rikers Island prison and receiving substandard medical care in unsanitary conditions. The notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city, accuses the facility of failing to manage the […]
Female Rikers officer punched by violent inmate in NYC jail
A longtime Rikers Island correctional officer needed six stitches to close a gaping wound above her eye Friday after she was punched in the face by a violent inmate at the city's notorious city jail. The 47-year-old woman, who asked to remain anonymous as she is not authorized to speak publicly, told the Post she […]
Rikers corrections officer cleared of sex abuse charge breaks silence after ‘biggest embarassment’ of his life: ‘Crying, crying, crying’
A correctional officer at Rikers said he cried when he was cleared of sexually assaulting a colleague while on duty, calling the ordeal the biggest embarrassment of his life. Carlos Ozrio, 39, was found not guilty last month on charges by a fellow correctional officer that he groped her from behind “while kissing her neck” […]
NYC Correction officer Kendell Felix busted for smuggling $15K in cigarettes and a cell phone into Rikers Island: cops
A city corrections officer was indicted Wednesday on charges he smuggled more than $15,000 worth of contraband into Rikers Island, including 200 cigarettes and a cellphone, prosecutors said. Kendell Felix, 37, is accused of accepting $3,000 in bribes from outsiders to smuggle illegal items into the prison and distribute them to inmates, according to the […]