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EXCLUSIVE: Dreams deferred, not denied: Graduation held for inmates at Rikers Island
The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the ...
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Federal judge asked to stop intake of detainees at Rikers - NY1
NEW YORK — As Rikers Island continues to be in turmoil, lawyers are preparing to ask a federal judge to consider emergency relief to alleviate conditions on the island. Emergency relief could ...
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Judge orders city to hand over control of Rikers
A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...
Rikers Island graduation offering second chance at redemption
The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and ...