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Rikers corrections officer cleared of sex abuse charge breaks silence after 'biggest embarrassment' of his life
Carlos Ozrio, 39, was found not guilty last month on accusations from the fellow corrections officer that he groped her fr🍰om behind "while kissing her neck" at a Riker's Island...
N𝕴YC correction officers union calls for Rikers security chief to be fired after another slashing attack ⭕
A correction�� officer was allegedly slashed in the head by a gangbanger during a fight inside troubled Rikers Island on Wednesday — leading the officer's union to call for the... 🅷
NYC Correction officer busted for sm♌uggling $15K in cigarettes and a cellꦑ phone into Rikers Island: cops
ꦫKendell Felix, 37, is accused of accepting a $3,000 bribe from an outside person in order to sneak the illicit items into the jail complex and distribute them to the...
Harvey Weinstein is recovering, but 'in a lot of pain' following emergency heart surgery: rep
“He had chest pains, he was having trouble breathing, he had ♓a bad cough,” his rep said.
NYC Council bill would severely limit pepper spray use in jails; union slams law as 'reckless'
NYC correction officers would no longer be allowed to use pepper spray to maintain order on Rikers Island and other Big Apple jails except in rare emergenci💃es under a controversial new bill being...
Brute charged in attac🔥k on MTA workers freed after cutting deal -- only to go on slashing spree a year lateꦡr
Christina Marrero was charged with attacking MTA workers in the subw🅺ay but got a deal to walk free if he got psych help. Instead, he all🍬egedly attacked three people in...
Adams signs ܫemergency order🔯 to stop parts of controversial solitary confinement ban in city jails
Mayor Eric Adams' signed an emergency order Saturday putting the kibosh on parts of a controversial City Council ban on solitary confinement at cꩵity jails, The New York Post has...
Harvey Weinstein sent to NYC hospital after contracting COVID, pneumonia in latest traꦏnsfer from Rikers
𒊎 The convicted rapist tested positive for the coronavirus and contracted "double pneumonia in his lungs," spokesperson Juda Engelmeyer said.
Rikers Island inmate wit💮h ꦉsuspected scarlet fever dies after jail staff block medical help: records
A Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever died after jail staff repeatedly block🌞ed medical workers from treating her, according to advocates and records. Charizma Jones, 23, died last week...
﷽ NYC inmate who escaped Bellevue last month caught on MTA bus 2 miles from hospital
James Mossetty, 35 – who had been on the lam since June 26 – was picked up around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, where he was riding an MTA bus at W💯est...
City needs a jailbreak to escap🐻e pricey plan to close Rikers
Mayor Adams should scrap de Blasio's flawed p🉐rogram to build “smaller, safer, fairer" borough jails — before itꦐ sucks up even more money needed to fix bridges, schools and parks.
End the 'replace Rikers' madness, build new jails there
The “Close Rikers” madness surrounding the city’s controversial and dys⛦functional jail complex has been with us for aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlmost a decade, with no endgame in sight.
Adams shanks feds over Rikers takeover, insists closure plan i𝐆s moving forward despite delays
Mayor Eric Adams tried to s🐼la🐷m the door shut Tuesday on two prospects for the infamous lockup: its closure by 2027 and a takeover by the feds.
🍨Jailhouse crock: NYC blows $59K on Playstation games for prisoners
NYC's Department of Correction spent nearly $60,000 in taxpayer ෴cash on new Playstation 4 and 5 video games, according to city records.
NYC inmate on the run after 🐻slipping cuffs and dashing from co💟ps at Bellevue Hospital
An inmate slipped out of his handcuffs and escaped from police custody at Bellevue Hospital Wednesday as officials prepared to bring him back to Rikers Island, offi꧋cials and sources said.
George Takei remembers horrors of Japanese internment camp: 'We had nothing'
"Star Trek" star George Takei recalled his family's experi▨ence being put into an internment camp during World War II beca💫use of their Japanese heritage.
Woman attacked in NYC Whole Foods suesไ store for not keeping shoppers safe
A woman who wa🍨s bashed in the head with a glass bottle while grocery shopping says Whole Foods failed to adequately hire security and keep its customers safe, according to...
Harvey Weinstein shipped back to Rikers after reports of cushy treatment — including private bathroom, TV — at NYC 🐷hospital
Harvey Weinstein was transferred to Rikers Island following a report of ♉his cushy treatment while receiving medical care at Bellevue Hospi꧋tal, a source said.
NYC Department of Corrections yanks all 3,000 body cameras afte💜r one ignites injuring officer
The captain’❀s body camera caug💮ht on fire Friday, prompting unions to ask for a full safety review, officials said.
Harvey Weinstein cooling his heels in special Rikers ceღll after overturned ra🐻pe conviction
The fallen movie mogul is cooling his heels 🥀in a special cell unit at Rikers' west facility for inmates with medical issues. ♋