Capt. Rebecca Hillman was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death, which has added to criticism of New York City’s jail system. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Correction Department (NYC)”
In NYC Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force
By Gotham Rex on April 25, 2021
More than half of the roughly 270 correction officers disciplined over a 20-month period lied to investigators or filed incomplete or inaccurate reports. Source: New York Times
New York Must Offer Vaccine to All Prisoners Immediately, Judge Rules
By Gotham Rex on March 29, 2021
A judge in the Bronx ruled that people incarcerated in the state’s prisons and jails had been arbitrarily excluded from the coronavirus vaccine rollout. Source: New York Times
He Was Caught Jaywalking. He Was Almost Deported for It.
By Gotham Rex on March 11, 2021
Javier Castillo Maradiaga was freed this week after 15 months in federal detention. New York had turned him over to ICE in error. Source: New York Times
How a Potter’s Field Became a Civil Rights Leader’s Resting Place
By Gotham Rex on January 28, 2021
Relatives of Scott Green are among the hundreds of families who have buried their loved ones on New York City’s Hart Island. Source: New York Times
As N.Y.C. Jails Become More Violent, Solitary Confinement Persists
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2020
Even as Mayor Bill de Blasio has emptied out the city’s jails, the number of people who are placed in punitive segregation each year has remained about the same. Source: New York Times
Violence at Rikers at an ‘All-Time High’ Despite City’s Promise to Curb It
By Gotham Rex on August 6, 2020
A federal monitor found that the number of times guards at the jail complex used force against inmates rose 54 percent, even as its population shrank. Source: New York Times