City Panel Likely To Recommend Closing New York City's Infamous Rikers Island Prison

Is Rikers Island Closing For Gentrification?

The New York City Council voted to close the jail.
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Family Of Black Trans Woman Who Died Speaks

Layleen Polanco was only 27 years old.
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NYC Will Pay For Kalief Browder's Life

He was wrongfully imprisoned.
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11.07.44
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Exonerated Brooklyn Man Advocates For Reading In Prisons

After spending 27 years behind bars for a crime that he didn’t commit, John Bunn is advocating for reading in…
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City Panel Likely To Recommend Closing New York City's Infamous Rikers Island Prison

Inmate’s Death Spotlights Staff's Disregard For His Life

The New York City Board of Corrections is investigating an in-custody deaths that occurred at Rikers Island.
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01.01.70
City Panel Likely To Recommend Closing New York City's Infamous Rikers Island Prison

First Jail To Close At Rikers Island

New York City will close its first jail on Rikers Island this summer as part of a 10-year plan to…
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Bronx Teen Avoids Same Fate As Kalief Browder

Pedro Hernandez, a Bronx teen who was wrongfully arrested for a crime that he didn't commit, was released from the…
by NewsOne Staff
01.09.30
2016 American Justice Summit

Bronx Street Renamed 'Kalief Browder Way'

The renaming recognizes the injustice to Browder and his role in shedding light on prison abuse of minors.
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01.01.70
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The Case For Shuttering Rikers Before 10 Years

Criminal justice reform advocate Glenn Martin says there's too much at stake to wait a decade to close the notorious…
by NewsOne Staff
02.11.07
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New York Finally Stops Charging Young Teens As…

Now that New York has ceased charging 16-and 17-year-olds as adults, North Carolina remains the only state in the U.S.…
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01.01.70
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Rikers Island Jail Complex Closing

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that the dilapidated and notorious Rikers Island jail complex will close,…
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05.28.03
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Bill De Blasio Plans To Renovate Rikers Island

New York City's mayor ignores prison reform activists and plans renovation of controversial prison complex.
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01.01.70
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Former Inmate Fights To Have Rikers Island Closed

Glenn Martin, a former Rikers inmate and advocate for criminal justice reform, has continually made the effort to have Rikers…
by NewsOne Staff
04.01.92
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Kalief Browder Doc Highlights A Broken System

The documentary dives into the fundamentally broken parts of the criminal justice system and personifies it with Browder's story.
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01.01.70
Sources: Texas cop in viral video gave up promotion for right to appeal suspension

FWPD Drops Charges Against Jacqueline Craig

The Fort Worth Police Department will drop charges against Jacqueline Craig and Brea Hymond.
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01.01.70
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Kalief Browder’s Mom Dies Of ‘A Broken Heart’

Venida Browder, the 63-year-old the mother of the late Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after spending three horrific years being…
by NewsOne Staff
01.01.70
Ferguson's Fragile Recovery Shaken After Police Casualties

Cops Find Remains Of Missing Flight Attendant

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing…
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01.01.70
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"Kalief's Law" Will Ensure The Right To A…

The bill will be introduced to the Senate and if it passes, will be signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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05.20.58
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This Man's Bail Was $2, But No One…

Forty-one-year-old Aitabdel Salem, a native of Algeria, spent five months on New York's Rikers Island because, uhm, officials failed to…
by NewsOne Staff
01.01.70
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Woman Sues Rikers, City After 2 Years In…

Candie Hailey says the abuse she endured in solitary led her to attempt suicide "more than 100 times."
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01.01.70
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