nyc corrections
Rikers inmate chokes female correction officer weeks after another attack left guard with fractured nasal bones
The attacks — which happened on January 16 and February 16, respectively — were both shock-and-awe assaults launched by hulking inmates that caught both officers completely off-guard, the traumatized victims...
If City Council wants to make Rikers less violent, it must let Adams' veto on solitary confinement stand
Mayor Eric Adams vetoed two bills last week, including the How Many Stops Act.
Correction boss Louis Molina's move to City Hall may signal a fed takeover NY jails need
Why did City Hall just kick Correction Commissioner Louis Molina upstairs? The obvious guess is that it thinks the feds are at long last about to take over the city’s...
NYC Department of Correction shells out $150K for sniper rifles, accessories: report
The New York City Department of Correction is reportedly shelling out about $150,000 for new rifles, scopes, tripods and ammunition.
Some NYC correction officers must walk through new drug scanners now, too
“In the beginning of 2022, RNDC was the most violent facility on the island,” Molina said.
Riding out of Rikers: NYC Correction officers fleeing in droves
"Officers are getting assaulted on a daily basis and it’s not safe for the inmates either. The gang members control the jails," ex-correctional officer Jonathan Suarez laments.
Bloods member assaults NYC correction officer in Bellevue Hospital's prison ward
Inmate Richy Castillo was at the Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan for dialysis treatments on Monday night when he allegedly ran toward the officer and attacked him.
'Hero' correx officer gets surprise stopping to help NYC crash vic
A city Correction Officer spotted a flipped-over vehicle on the side of the road as he drove home from Rikers Island last week and sprang into action to help a...
NYC Correction captain allegedly used fake funeral notice to scam woman out of $40K
Steve Francois, a captain at the city's Department of Correction, allegedly scammed a woman by soliciting cash from her and then faking the death of their supposed investment partner.
Louis Molina a great pick to restore order & safety in NYC's jails
Mayor-elect Eric Adams made another great choice to head a troubled agency by naming ex-NYPD detective and Bronx native Louis Molina as his Correction commissioner. Molina not only has more...
Feckless de Blasio flippantly dismisses Rikers horrors, rapes
When it comes to dealing with the hellish horror that is Rikers Island, Mayor Bill de Blasio doesn’t want his know-nothing assumptions challenged.
Photos inside Rikers Island expose hellish, deadly conditions
The Post obtained exclusive photos showing the intake cells at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island, showing dozens of men crammed together for days in temporary holding cells...
Know-it-all Bill de Blasio has no clue how to fix Rikers jail nightmare
It turns out you can shame Mayor Bill de Blasio into visiting the Rikers Island jail complex, but you can't make him talk to the "little people" there — because...
Rikers 'emergency' needs outside expertise to replace city mismanagement, federal monitor says
The federal monitor overseeing Rikers Island has warned that the out-of-control jail system is in a "state of emergency" — insisting outside help is needed to overcome "mismanagement."
Liberal 'reforms' turned Rikers Island into a violent hell
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s years of pushing liberal reforms in the name of “equity” have transformed Rikers Island into a death sentence for officers and inmates, Rafael A. Mangual writes.
'Job is really going to s–t': Inmate attacks Rikers captain with feces
Captain Nauvella Lacroix was attacked by a Rikers Island inmate and smothered in feces, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Accused killer mistakenly released from Rikers Island finally caught
The accused killer whose vile rant at a Brooklyn judge led to his accidental release from Rikers Island has been captured after more than a month on the lam, law...
NYC corrections officer sues to get gun back after bizarre crash incident
A city corrections officer involved in a bizarre incident on the Throgs Neck Bridge claims he's been unfairly sidelined by a suspicious department official. The months-long investigation by Deputy Commissioner...
Suspected killer on the loose after he's mistakenly released from Rikers
An accused murderer was mistakenly released from Rikers Island because of a clerical error — and jail officials waited 12 hours to notify the NYPD about the boondoggle, police sources...
Warden quits NYC prison where Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide
A warden brought in to clean up the embattled Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan -- the jail where convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died -- abruptly resigned this week....