#rikersisland — Public Fediverse posts

Stand-up comedian Nora Fried created Rosebuds Reading Collective, which runs a #women's #BookClub in the #RikersIsland jail in #NYC. After the book club read Julia Fox's book "Down the Drain", Fox joined the organization as its creative director.

The article mentions, in passing, something that hasn't received much attention: The jail library that women on Rikers Island should have had access to was closed for nearly a year. It finally reopened in the spring of 2026.

https://www.them.us/community/julia-fox-nora-fried-book-club

https://www.europesays.com/people/232076/ Mamdani mourns NYC thief accused of murdering man with special needs #DepartmentOfCorrections #Metro #RikersIsland #USNews #ZohranMamdani

🚨 A lawsuit alleges Rikers officers repeatedly shackled a pregnant woman despite NY legal protections. If the law couldn’t protect her inside Rikers, what is it worth?

🔗 https://wp.me/pfbF0Y-ac

#RikersIsland #Rikers #CivilRights #NYCDOC #SurvivorJustice

🚨 NYC lawmakers are drafting a bill to push back the 2027 Rikers closure deadline as the borough-jail plan falls years behind. What will accountability look like now?

🔗 https://wp.me/pfbF0Y-aa

#RikersIsland #NYC #CriminalJustice #NYCCouncil #Rikers

https://www.europesays.com/people/206327/ Mamdani’s pandering cries for accused killer ignores the real crisis at Rikers Island #Crime #CriminalJusticeReforms #jail #opinion #prisons #RikersIsland #ZohranMamdani

https://www.europesays.com/people/204918/ Mamdani mourns accused knife-wielding killer with lengthy rap sheet — and murder victim’s family is livid #Metro #RikersIsland #stabbings #TheBronx #USNews #victims #ZohranMamdani

NYC launches program to turn felons into farmers https://www.allforgardening.com/1935067/nyc-launches-program-to-turn-felons-into-farmers/ #DepartmentOfCorrections #farming #gardening #GardeningNewYork #jail #metro #NewYork #RikersIsland #UsNews #ZohranMamdani

📚💙 A nonprofit is bringing book clubs and creative writing to women at Rikers Island, creating space for healing, connection, and hope.

🔗 https://micheleevansnews.com/2026/08/03/books-belonging-and-a-second-chance-rikers-reading-program-gives-incarcerated-women-a-voice/

#RikersIsland #CriminalJustice
#NYC
#NYweeklyRecord
#MicheleEvans

https://www.europesays.com/people/175749/ NYC launches program to turn felons into farmers #DepartmentOfCorrections #farming #gardening #jail #Metro #RikersIsland #USNews #ZohranMamdani

🎬 “For Venida, For Kalief” returns to NYC theaters before its national PBS premiere, honoring a mother, a son and a legacy that still demands justice.

Read: https://bit.ly/3ReZSR1

#KaliefBrowder #RikersIsland #CriminalJusticeReform #NYCFilm #PBSPOV

🎤 Maino brought music, motivation and career guidance to Rikers Island, showing how credible messengers can inspire change.

📰 Read the full story: https://f.mtr.cool/budbmhzfdd

#RikersIsland #Maino #Reentry #NYC #WomenInJustice

https://www.europesays.com/people/153653/ Mamdani takes in World Cup semifinal alongside Rikers Island prisoners during inmate watch party #inmates #Metro #prisons #RikersIsland #USNews #WorldCup2026 #ZohranMamdani

https://www.europesays.com/people/141232/ Reaching a new ‘milestone’ in Mamdani’s close-Rikers plan is no reason to cheer #DepartmentOfCorrections #editorial #jail #opinion #rikers #RikersIsland #ZohranMamdani

The City Says Rikers Is Closing. The Budget Says New York Is Still Paying to Keep It Alive.

New York City reached budget deal,

Read Story: https://micheleevansbooks.com/pages/the-city-says-rikers-is-closing-the-budget-says-new-york-is-still-paying

#RikersIsland #NYCBudget #NewYorkCity #CriminalJustice #MicheleEvansNews

Rikers Is Closing an Infirmary. The Real Story Is Why New York Was Still Using It?

New York City is celebrating the closure of North Infirmary Command.

Read Story: https://micheleevansbooks.com/pages/rikers-is-closing-an-infirmary-the-real-story-is-why-new-york-was-still

#RikersIsland #NewYorkCity #JailClosure #CriminalJusticeReform #MicheleEvansNews

My case took 1,126 days to resolve.

That is not an administrative backlog. That is a human rights failure.

After testifying before New York City Council, I submitted supplemental testimony on Rikers, discovery delays, EDDS confusion, vendor excuses, denied ATI access, and what reform looks like when it fails in real life.

Read Story:
https://micheleevansbooks.com/pages/my-case-took-1-126-days-new-york-calls-that-court-delay-i-call-it-a-human

#NYC #RikersIsland #CriminalJusticeReform #CourtDelays #MicheleEvansNews

Can Zohran Mamdani’s New Correction Commissioner Solve the Problem of Rikers?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/new-york-journal/can-zohran-mamdanis-new-commissioner-solve-the-problem-of-rikers

https://www.europesays.com/people/23227/ Mamdani’s hell-bent on shutting Rikers — even if it’s illegal #CityCouncil #jail #NewYorkCity #opinion #RikersIsland #ZohranMamdani

https://www.europesays.com/people/15397/ Mayor Mamdani announces some Rikers Island detainees will be housed in therapeutic unit at Manhattan hospital #NewYorkCity #RikersIsland #ZohranMamdani

Mamdani's Rikers Ramadan Visit Sparks Fierce Disagreement Over Public Safety Priorities

NYC Mayor Mamdani's Ramadan visit to Rikers Island sparks debate. Critics say it ignores crime victims, while supporters see a gesture of solidarity.

#RikersIsland, #ZohranMamdani, #PublicSafety, #Ramadan, #NYCCrime

https://newsletter.tf/nyc-mayor-mamdani-rikers-ramadan-visit-debate/

Mayor Mamdani visited Rikers Island for Ramadan, a move that has divided opinions. Critics argue it shows misplaced priorities compared to addressing crime victims' needs.

#RikersIsland, #ZohranMamdani, #PublicSafety, #Ramadan, #NYCCrime
https://newsletter.tf/nyc-mayor-mamdani-rikers-ramadan-visit-debate/

https://www.europesays.com/ee/132587/ TŠEKID TULEVAD ⟩ Kuidas Harvey Weinstein trellide taga ikka raha teenib #DisneyPensionitšekk #EE #Eesti #EestiKeel #Entertainment #Estonia #Estonian #EveChilton #HarveyWeinstein #meelelahutus #MichaelEisner #Miramax #RikersIsland #SeksuaalneVäärkohtlemine #TheWaltDisneyCompany

https://www.europesays.com/ee/126329/ Harvey Weinstein elust vanglas: see on põrgu #EE #Eesti #EestiKeel #Entertainment #Estonia #Estonian #HarveyWeinstein #Hollywood #meelelahutus #RikersIsland #seksuaalkuriteod #vangla

When a #SalvadorDalí Sketch Was Stolen from #RikersIsland #Prison (2003)

https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/when-a-salvador-dali-sketch-was-stolen-from-rikers-island-prison-2003.html
https://youtu.be/xmPkDSV-fos

Nothing Can Truly Prepare You for Your First Time Behind Bars

A new book offers an inside look at incarceration at Rikers Island, from intake to release.

https://voices.murica.website/david-campbell/nothing-can-truly-prepare-you-for-your-first-time-behind-bars/

After years of dysfunction and court battles, a judge has seized control of Riker’s Island prison in New York City. Read more from @[email protected]
https://flip.it/UW6RvV
#Prison #NYC #Judge #NewYork #Rikers #RikersIsland

After years of dysfunction and court battles, a judge has seized control of Riker’s Island prison in New York City. Read more from @[email protected]
https://flip.it/UW6RvV
#Prison #NYC #Judge #NewYork #Rikers #RikersIsland

Through the administrations of 2 mayors & several correction commissioners, the #jails continued to devolve, acc/to prisoners’ rights advocates & the monitor’s reports. In November, the judge found #NYC in #contempt for failing to stem #violence & excessive #force at the facility, which is currently run by Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie.

#law #PrisonReform #RikersIsland

The class-action lawsuit that led to the takeover, known as Nunez v. City of New York, was settled in June 2015 & required that the jails, particularly #RikersIsland, be overseen by a court-appointed monitor who would issue regular reports on conditions there but would wield no direct power to effect change.

Through those reports, Judge Swain was given an extensive history of the cyclical nature of the #jail system’s problems.

#law #PrisonReform #NYC

A NYT investigation in 2021 found that guards are often stationed in inefficient ways that fail to protect inmates. And although the #jail system has consistently been the most well-staffed in the United States — there is roughly one uniformed officer for each inmate at Rikers, according to city data — an unlimited sick leave policy & other uses of leave have meant that staffing can drop to dangerous levels.

#law #PrisonReform #RikersIsland #NYC

#NYC has held onto its control of #RikersIsland w/white knuckles — struggling to show progress & reaching the brink of losing #oversight of the #jails as critics of the system called for an outside authority. Conditions have not improved, acc/to lawyers for the plaintiffs & the federal monitor.

NYC has spent >$500k per inmate annually in recent years, acc/to city data, well beyond what other large cities have spent, & yet detainees still sometimes go without food or proper medical care.

#law

The order comes nearly a decade after #NYC’s jails, which include the #RikersIsland complex, fell under #federal #oversight in the settlement of a #ClassAction lawsuit. The agreement focused on curbing the use of #force & #violence toward both inmates & correction officers. A court-appointed monitor issued regular reports on the persistent mayhem.

#law #PrisonReform #jail

The official, called a remediation manager, will work with the #NYC correction commissioner, but be “empowered to take all actions necessary” to turn around the city’s #jails, Judge Swain wrote.

“While the necessary changes will take some time, the court expects to see continual progress toward these goals,” she wrote.

#law #PrisonReform #RikersIsland #jail

A federal judge overseeing #NYC’s #jails took #RikersIsland out of the city’s control on Tues, ordering that an outside official be appointed to make major decisions regarding the troubled & violent #jail complex.

The judge, Laura Taylor Swain, said in a 77-page ruling that the official would report directly to her & would not be a city employee, turning aside Mayor #EricAdams’ efforts to maintain control of the lockups.

#law #PrisonReform
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/nyregion/rikers-island-receiver-nyc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=DCD52F94-91CF-4B52-8FA4-9B150ACB6903

#DemocracyNow: #NewYork Mayor Eric Adams Orders #RikersJail to Reopen ICE Office

Headline, Apr 09, 2025

"Here in New York, Mayor #EricAdams is reopening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office inside the #RikersIsland jail complex. Adams first signaled the move after he met with Trump’s so-called border czar #TomHoman in February. The #NewYorkCivilLibertiesUnion slammed the Adams administration for 'selling out New Yorkers for Trump’s dangerous deportation regime.' The group said in a statement, '#ICE’s presence on Rikers serves no legitimate purpose, and opens the door to unlawful collusion between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials in violation of our city’s well-established sanctuary protections. … New Yorkers see this for what it is: Mayor Adams skirting the City Council, cozying up to Trump, and putting immigrant New Yorkers in harm’s way.'"

Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/9/headlines/new_york_mayor_eric_adams_orders_rikers_jail_to_reopen_ice_office
#NYCLU #ICE #ICEDetention #RikersIslandPrison #MayorEricAdams #USPol #ViewerSupportedNews

NYC Mayor #EricAdams announced Thurs that he would issue an #ExecutiveOrder to allow federal #immigration authorities into #RikersIsland jail, a shift in the city’s #sanctuary policies.

Adams said that he would move to allow #ICE into the jail to assist in criminal investigations, “in particular those focused on violent criminals & gangs.”

The move followed a meeting Thurs between Adams & #Trump’s border czar, #ThomasHoman, in Manhattan.

#law #QuidProQuo #EmilBove
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/adams-ice-rikers-homan.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[19:01] Ailing Harvey Weinstein begs for earlier retrial after judge sets April date

Harvey Weinstein begged a judge on Wednesday to hold his sexual assault retrial as soon as possible, telling him "I don't know how much longer I can hold on" with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/north-america/ailing-harvey-weinstein-begs-for-earlier-retrial-after-judge-sets-april-date/a1489736316.html

#HarveyWeinstein #Wednesday #NewYorkCity's #RikersIsland

"The judge wrote that she was “inclined” to impose an outside authority, known as a receiver, which she said would be a “remedy that will make the management of the use of force and safety aspects of the #RikersIsland jails ultimately answerable directly to the court.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/nyregion/rikers-contempt-receivership.html

#SteveBannon Might Be Headed To #RikersIsland...He's Not Handling It Well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc-McS7dlPY

'Not only is New York the city that never sleeps, it’s also “ready” to “receive” Trump “just like Harvey Weinstein” says NYC’s Mayor Adams. Michael Popok explains just HOW CLOSE THE JUDGE IS TO SENDING TRUMP TO JAIL for misconduct DURING THE TRIAL, and the preparations being made between the secret service and NYC’s jail commissioner and staff for the WHEN not IF that happens.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo5E2Q9y6lA
#Trump #LockHisAssUp #NYC
#CriminalContempt #gagorder #JudgeMerchan
#RikersIsland

Rikers Would Be Ready For Trump, NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says
#Legal #News #Politics #DonalTrump #Ericadams #RikersIsland

https://deadline.com/2024/05/rikers-donald-trump-eric-adams-1235907918/

Allen Weisselberg handcuffed in court before being sent to Rikers Island for 5 months.

WE NEED to see more photos of convicted criminals being handcuffed & sent to prison.
The entire country needs to see more of these. #JusticeMatters #uspol
#Trump #Weisselberg #RikersIsland #PerpWalk #Handcuffed
https://abc7news.com/politics/ex-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-to-5-months-in-jail/14641213/

Back to #Rikers

Fmr #Trump exec #Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in #jail after pleading guilty to lying under oath in the NYAG’s #civil #fraud investigation into business practices at the #TrumpOrganization.

#AllenWeisselberg, who worked for the Trump family for a half-century before *retiring* recently, was taken into custody after a brief proceeding in NY Sup Court & is expected to serve his sentence at #RikersIsland.

#perjury #legal #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/10/trump-weisselberg-sentencing-new-york/

Late-night #sex #assaults. #Invasive #searches. The 700+ #women alleging #abuse at #Rikers.

Jeny remembers trying to #hide under the rough, jail-issued #sheets when the #RikersIsland #guards would come for her in the middle of the night.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Police #Incarceration #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #SexualAssault #Rape #NoPoliceAtPride

https://gothamist.com/news/late-night-sex-assaults-invasive-searches-the-700-women-alleging-abuse-at-rikers?sfmc_id=54291798&nypr_member=Unknown

Inmate cells locked tight
Spread of fire injures twenty
Rikers Island plight

#rikersisland #inmaterights #nyc #firesafety #haiku #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/inmates-locked-cells-april-fire-injured-20-nycs-105884346