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In a lengthy statement accompanying the seven-page filing, Weinstein’s lawyer, Imran H. Ansari, compared the Rikers Island facility to “a gulag where the prisoners are treated like animals.”
(The Center Square) – New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail is likely to be taken over by the federal government after a judge ruled the city in contempt of court for failing to deal with ...
Harvey Weinstein's lawyers have accused Rikers Island and Bellevue Hospital staff of failing to provide him with proper medical care while he's in jail.. According to a claim notice that attorney ...
Of the more than 2,500 lawsuits filed under a special New York law, nearly 20% allege sexual violence against current or former prisoners at the infamous Rikers Island facilities.
Rikers Island is a 413-acre (167.14-hectare) [1] [2] prison island in the East River in the Bronx [3] that contains New York City's largest jail. [4] [5]Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under 100 acres (40 ha) in size, but has since grown to more than 400 acres (160 ha).
A frustrated city lawmaker on Wednesday called to reopen a long-shuttered federal immigration outpost at Rikers Island, while slamming the mayor for his flip on the city’s “sanctuary city ...
AMKC was completed in 1978, and was initially known as C-95. [1] It is located on 18-18 Hazen Street, East Elmhurst, NY. [2] AMKC is spread over 40 acres of land. [1] It was named for former New York City Department of Correction Commissioner Anna M. Kross, [3] AMKC was the largest jail on Riker's Island.
A lawsuit filed against New York City claiming it is liable for systemic problems at the women’s facility in the Rikers Island jail will continue after U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan of the ...