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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called Rikers Island a “death camp” Monday ... Rikers has already seen five inmates so far this year, but some critics called out the speaker for her ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- ICE agents are returning to Rikers Island to coordinate detaining inmates from city criminal cases, under ...
The Adams administration unloaded on a Brooklyn lawmaker who championed the closure of Rikers Island then complained about the construction of a new borough-based jail in his own district.
The same week, a non-renewed, non-transformed Rikers Island reported its fifth inmate death of the year: Dashawn Jenkins, 27, who died of a ruptured appendix after days of obvious symptoms that jail ...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations NEW YORK -- New York City ...
are again allowed to be granted office space on Rikers, which currently locks up nearly 7,000 inmates, mostly pre-trial detainees. The mayoral order says that the federal personnel on the island ...
New York City is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following recent demands placed on Mayor Eric Adams by the Trump administration.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ‘ administration is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations ...
The Democratic-led New York City Council is planning to challenge Mayor Eric Adams' move to allow federal immigration agents ...