An man housed at New York City's Rikers Island jail has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease; however health officials believe the latest case is not tied to the outbreak in the South Bronx outbreak that has killed 12 people.
New York City plans to eliminate a bail bonds option for lower-risk criminals. New York City plans to eliminate a bail bonds option for lower-risk criminals.
Just 12 days after Kalief Browder celebrated his 22nd birthday on May 25, he wrapped an air-conditioner power cord around his neck and hung himself out the window of his mother's home in the Bronx.
The suicide of a 22-year-old, who for 3 years had been jailed without trial, prompted New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to promise that the city would intensify reforms at its Rikers Island prison complex.
A Rikers Island inmate committed suicide just 24 hours after correction officers ignored his threat to kill himself because of an imminent prison sentence.
The Justice Department will file charges against New York City over inmate abuse at Rikers Island, the city's correctional facility. Mayor de Blasio promised to reform the prison but the federal government will go forward with its case.
On Monday, dozens of inmates at New York City's Rikers Island were reprimanded for failing to comply with the jail complex's new 9 p.m. curfew. According to sources, inmates were particularly mad that the curfew prevented them from seeing their favorite telenovela.
Authorities conducted a huge raid at Rikers Island, New York City largest jail complex after months of investigating drugs, weapons and contraband being transported into the jail.
