Rikers Island-just six miles from the Empire State Building-is one of the largest, most complex and most expensive penal institutions in the world, yet most New Yorkers couldn't find it on a map. Jennifer Wynn, the director of the Fresh Start program at Rikers, takes readers into the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday directed New York City officials to begin developing a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island, following a hearing in Manhattan in a long-running case over abuse, mismanagement and other chroni
Then the most popular Corrections Officer got up and harangued them. Oddly, they loved it. They loved him. They cheered every bellowed cliché. A lot of guys on the island respond to the coach type. With a twinge of jealousy I thought, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ Was this Ya...