Covid, or just a cold? It’s a quandary for anxious New Yorkers as cold and flu season closes in. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Prisons and Prisoners”
Change Comes to Rikers Island, but Is It Too Late?
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2021
The city’s reform-minded corrections commissioner, who introduced therapeutic programs for guards and detainees, is leaving. Source: New York Times
On Rikers Island, Two Deaths in Four Days Push Jails Toll to 16
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2021
A Brooklyn man late Tuesday became the latest detainee to die as the Department of Correction grapples with a crisis at the city’s main jail complex. Source: New York Times
Another Death at Rikers Continues ‘Very Difficult Year’ at N.Y.C. Jails
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2021
A Brooklyn man, who went into cardiac arrest on Friday, became the 15th person to die this year within New York City’s correction system. Source: New York Times
Joseph Gordon Says He's No Murderer. That’s Why He’s Still in Prison.
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2021
Joseph Gordon has been locked up for nearly 30 years. A model inmate, he is eligible for parole — but only if he expresses remorse for a crime he says he did not commit. Source: New York Times
What New Documents Reveal About Jeffrey Epstein's Final Days
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2021
Newly released records show the disgraced financier living a mundane existence in jail before his suicide, while also spinning deceptions until the very end. Source: New York Times
Man Who Threatened Democrats Online Sentenced to 19 Months in Prison
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2021
Lawyers for Brendan Hunt, who posted violent threats around the time of the attack on the Capitol, said he turned over a new leaf — and befriended R. Kelly — in jail. Source: New York Times
On Rikers Island, A Doctor for Older Detainees
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2021
Insights from Dr. Rachael Bedard, a jail-based geriatrician. Source: New York Times
Why New York Is Closing 6 Prisons
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2021
The number of people incarcerated in New York is less than half of what it was in 1999, and the facilities being closed are well below capacity. Source: New York Times
As Deaths Rise at Rikers Island, Oversight Board Fails to Raise Alarm
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2021
Do your job “before someone dies,” an advocate pleaded at a meeting of the city Board of Correction, which has the power to monitor Rikers Island. Source: New York Times
The Jail Oversight Board That Failed to Sound the Alarm
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2021
The Board of Correction, which has the power to monitor Rikers Island and other city jails, took no action as deaths behind bars increased. Source: New York Times
Countdown to a Vaccine Deadline
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2021
Unvaccinated city workers have until the end of the workday to get a first shot. Source: New York Times
Supertall Buildings, Super-Complicated Concerns
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2021
Tall new buildings are testing the limits of building codes from an earlier era. Source: New York Times
5 Takeaways From the First N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2021
Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa traded attacks over past lies, a Brooklyn apartment and “buffoonery” on the debate stage. Source: New York Times
De Blasio Visits Rikers: 'The Whole Thing Upsets Me'
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2021
As Mayor Bill de Blasio visited the jail for the first time in four years, federal officials signaled a lack of faith in the city’s ability to manage the troubled complex. Source: New York Times