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Erosion on Hart Island Exposes Human Remains
City workers are making emergency repairs to the public cemetery on Hart Island after photographers documented how human remains had become exposed to the elements.The burial site on the island's north...
View ArticleDespite Working In Hotspots, Correctional Officers Fall Behind In COVID-19...
Staff at New York jails and prisons are taking the COVID-19 vaccines at a lower rate than similar front-line workers, raising concerns among health experts.
View ArticleMayor de Blasio Says Rikers Is Getting Better. Detainees Say Otherwise
For weeks, detainees, reform advocates, and elected officials have been decrying the conditions at Rikers Island. At least 11 people have died while in custody there this year, and critics of the city...
View ArticleLawmakers respond to sexual abuse allegations at Rikers Island
Many elected officials and advocates are once again calling for reforms at Rikers Island, following a WNYC investigation this week that looked into numerous allegations of sexual abuse at the jail...
View ArticlePolitics and Punishment on Rikers Island: Part II
New York, NY —Earlier, WNYC looked at how hundreds of employees of the New York City Department of Correction came to work on Republican political campaigns for a decade beginning in the 1990's, often...
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