NYC jail watchdog group warns new Rikers high-security unit is ‘keg of dynamite’
The Department of Correction took heat from an oversight board for quietly creating a new Rikers high-security unit that may ...
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Inside a Rikers Island Kitchen, Dull Knives and Critical Jobs
By Priya Krishna Photographs by Brittainy Newman Priya Krishna and Brittainy Newman twice visited Rikers Island, where they were granted extensive access to a kitchen, its cooks and the detainees ...
Eric Adams preparing ‘for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he met with President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, on Thursday to prepare for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to resume operations on ...
ICE returning to Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams says after Trump czar meeting
The presence of the ICE was terminated about a decade ago under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and sanctuary-city laws.
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New York City mayor to issue executive order allowing ICE agents into Rikers Island
New York City's Democratic Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday he will issue an executive order that will allow federal ...