Rikers Island

New York Abandons Role as Sanctuary for Immigrants

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Dora Schiro Commissioner, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jamaica, Obama Immigration, Immigration, 287(G), Sanctuary Cities, Rikers Island, New York City, Immigrant Detention, Deportation, New York News

Immigrations agents at Rikers regularly deceive people they suspect of not being citizens and rope them into the deportation system by violating their legal and human rights.

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Plaxico Burress Taunted, Harrassed In First Night Behind Bars

nypost.com | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

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Dwight Gomas, Wrongfully Accused Inmate, Spent 17 Months In Rikers Because Of Botched Fingerprints

New York Daily News | John Marzulli | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Rikers Island Dwight Gomas, Dwight Gomas, Fingerprints, Mismatched Fingerprints, Rikers Island Jail, Rikers Island Nightmare, Rikers Island, Fingerprinting, New York News

An innocent Georgia man spent 17 months on Rikers Island on robbery charges before a sharp-eyed detective noticed he was the victim of mismatched fing...

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Can Art Keep You Out of Jail? Rikers Inmates and Alumni Exhibit Paintings

Glyn Vincent | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Prison Reform, Art, Takashi Murakami, Recidivism, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Crown Heights, Rikers Island, New York News

A new exhibition in Crown Heights showcases the work of young male inmates from Rikers Island Prison. Their teacher -- Miss J -- encourages her students to take risks and explore with paint.

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Rapper Foxy Brown Gets Royal Treatment In City Jail

New York Post | JANON FISHER, REUVEN BLAU and BRAD HAMILTON | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Peter Curcio, Foxy Brown Jail, Foxy Brown, Rabbi Leib Glantz, Jailhouse Bar Mitzvah, Rapper Foxy Brown, Rabbi Leib Glantz Bar Mitzvah, Rikers Island, New York Prison, New York News

City prison officials acted like an entourage of fawning valets for rapper Foxy Brown when she was locked up on Rikers Island, hanging out in her cel...

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Possible Link Found Between Obesity and Flu Severity

Washington Post | David Brown and Robin Shulman | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Personal Health, Virus, Health, Swine Flu, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Pregnancy, Flu, Weight Loss, Cdc, Obesity, Rikers Island, Living News

A survey of people hospitalized because of swine flu in California has raised the possibility that obesity is as much of a risk factor for serious com...

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