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Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever dies after jail staff block medical help: records
A Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever died after jail staff repeatedly blocked medical workers from treating her, according to advocates and records. Charizma Jones, 23, died last week...
Grandma who served 43 years in prison reunites with family after murder conviction was overturned
Sandra Hemme had been the longest-held wrongly incarcerated woman known in the US, according to her legal team at the Innocence Project.
City needs a jailbreak to escape pricey plan to close Rikers
Mayor Adams should scrap de Blasio's flawed program to build “smaller, safer, fairer" borough jails — before it sucks up even more money needed to fix bridges, schools and parks.
End the 'replace Rikers' madness, build new jails there
The “Close Rikers” madness surrounding the city’s controversial and dysfunctional jail complex has been with us for almost a decade, with no endgame in sight.
Adams shanks feds over Rikers takeover, insists closure plan is moving forward despite delays
Mayor Eric Adams tried to slam the door shut Tuesday on two prospects for the infamous lockup: its closure by 2027 and a takeover by the feds.
Jailhouse crock: NYC blows $59K on Playstation games for prisoners
NYC's Department of Correction spent nearly $60,000 in taxpayer cash on new Playstation 4 and 5 video games, according to city records.
I spent five months in a hellish Thai jail -- and shared a cell with 180 people
Jamie said the prison was a "nightmare" and "horrendous" where inmates were only allowed out for one to two hours a day and they would only have running water for...
German woman given harsher sentence than convicted rapist for calling him 'disgraceful rapist pig'
Maja R. told the court she sent the message "without thinking twice" -- a brave action for a country with notoriously strict defamation laws.
Murder suspect on $1M bail mistakenly released from jail after 'typographical error'
The case number for Amarion Sanders — accused of gunning down a Cleveland father — was a single digit off from the case number of another inmate whose charges were...
NY jail workers and officers pocketed bribes to sneak weed to inmates: prosecutors
Westchester County prosecutors said five jail workers, including two current corrections officers, took payoffs to sneak banned items to inmates behind bars, with the scam dating to late 2021.
Attempted murder suspect makes daring jail escape -- but gets caught hours later in Hollywood
Deshaun Stamps, 29, had reportedly been a guest at the West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino County following his January arrest for attempted murder and assaulting a police officer.
Mom charged with killing infant son, dumping him in trash moans about tough life in jail ahead of trial
"There is no privacy even in our cells [because there is a] camera, there is no clock, the lights are on 24/7, and they took away the color pencils," Leilani...
Five NY jail workers charged in bribery scheme that included corrections officers: prosecutors
Westchester County officials said two corrections officers and three former department employees, including commissary workers, were hit with bribery charges this week.
Whistleblowing ex-NYPD sergeant jailed on minor assault charge moved from Rikers after being housed near cop-killer
Fired NYPD Sgt. Steven Lee, who now is in Westchester County Jail, claims he's an example for why more cops don't speak out on department corruption.
LA jail guards were too busy watching porn to notice noose in suicidal inmate's cell: report
A group of California jail deputies were too distracted by a “sexually explicit” video to notice an inmate had hung a noose in their cell, a new report alleged.
Florida man allegedly tells police he is 'Mr. Monopoly,' goes directly to jail
Ryan Howard, 33, is charged with resisting arrest and criminal mischief.
Salvos worker jailed after sex with teenage homeless girl
A Salvos youth support worker has been jailed for a minimum six months after having sex with a 17-year-old girl who was staying at the homeless shelter where he worked.
Autistic teen was tied down, taunted by cops before death: video
Isaiah Trammell, 19, was arrested in the early hours of March 13, 2023.
This New York jail is transforming into a mixed-use housing development
Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled plans to boost housing in New York's Mid-Hudson region.
UK ‘dine and dash' couple who stole over $1,400 in free meals sentenced to prison
Even worse, the judge said, they were “ruthlessly exploitative” in using their children in the ploy.