The never-before-seen images could provide fodder for potential legal filings seeking a federal takeover of the jail, reports The Gothamist.
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Louis A. Molina, the commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, is under intense pressure to show improvements on Rikers Island and avoid a potential federal takeover, according to The New York Times.
Thousands of jailed individuals face “de facto disenfranchisement” even though they have not been convicted of a crime that disqualifies them from voting, simply because they were unable to make bail, advocates tell Stateline.
Local critics have condemned the project, saying it doesn’t address longstanding issues with leadership, staffing, and systematic problems with how detainees are treated
A report produced by a team of advocates, dissident corrections officials and justice-impacted individuals documents the abuses at New York’s jail complex, and warns that the movement for reform is being undermined by hardliners.
In Seattle’s King County Correctional Facility, six people have passed away in the last 12 months before the most recent suicide of Allen McNutt in August 2022, four of them also by suicide.
A delegation of city officials found detainees in the city’s troubled jail complex were benefiting from a decline in sick calls from correctional staff.
The suit alleges that the DeKalb County sheriff’s office leadership has done little to prevent female workers from being exposed to “dangerous and harassing behavior” in the jail.
A new report from a task force convened by the New York City Board of Correction finds that the city jails system continually fails to identify, protect and properly care for transgender, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, and/or intersex people in custody.
A lawsuit brought by detainees at the St. Louis City Justice Center in Missouri claims the use of pepper spray exemplifies the “very casual” practices of jail staff in facilities around the country.