N.Y.C. Jail Official Broke Sanctuary Laws by Helping D.H.S., Report Says

A Department of Correction investigator improperly provided information to federal agents about two immigrants, a city watchdog agency found.

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Some Rikers Detainees Are Illegally Isolated, Lawsuit Says

A lawsuit claims that two areas in the New York City jail are designed so that detainees are effectively in solitary confinement, in violation of state law.

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N.Y.C. Watchdog Agency Is Investigating Deaths in Police Custody

Nine people have died this year, about half the toll at this time last year. Advocacy and legal groups say the city is still not doing enough to ensure the safety of its detainees.

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Adams Administration Move to Let ICE Into Rikers Is Illegal, Judge Rules

Justice Mary V. Rosado said the order, issued after the mayor’s corruption charges were dropped by the Trump administration, presented the appearance of a conflict of interest.

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Detainee Dies at Rikers, the Fifth Fatality in 2 Weeks in N.Y.C. Lockups

The authorities said the man had a seizure. The previous death, of a pedicab driver held in a precinct cell, has been ruled a suicide.

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Taxi Driver Runs Over Man Who Once Escaped Custody on a City Bus

James Mossetty was dragged for 10 blocks by the taxi, whose driver was arraigned on charges that he left the scene.

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N.Y.C. Man Is at Least Fourth Person to Die in Custody in Just Over a Week

A Turkish-born pedicab driver who was arrested on Friday night was found unconscious and unresponsive in a police station house cell. He later died at Bellevue Hospital.

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Rikers Detainee Becomes Third Person to Die in N.Y.C. Custody in a Week

Days before the death of the man, Jimmy Avila, another detainee was pronounced dead in his cell at the troubled city jail complex, and a third died in police custody.

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3 Workers at Rikers Are Suspended After Another Man Dies in Custody

The death of the 29-year-old, who was found in his cell after midnight, is the latest of several at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York.

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Mentally Ill Detainees Are Trapped in Legal Limbo, Lawsuit Says

A suit accuses New York State’s mental health system of delaying treatment to restore people to competency, leaving them to languish on Rikers Island.

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