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July 18, 2023 Legal Action CenterAdvocates Praise US DOJ for Bringing Contempt Charges Against NYC DOC Over Conditions on Rikers Island and Push for Its Permanent Closure
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the intention of his office to pursue contempt proceedings against Rikers Island for numerous human rights violations as well as seek federal receivership of the jail.
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July 16, 2023 New York Daily News
18 months of nothing: Adams panel on convict releases has yet to meet
Look on the NYC.gov website for the Local Conditional Release Commission - its job is weighing early release for people sentenced to Rikers Island and other city jails - and all you'll see is a page saying "More information coming soon!"
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July 14, 2023 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
NYC Supervised Release Program sees significant $37 million funding boost
New York City's Supervised Release Program has received a significant funding boost of $36.8 million under the new budget agreement.
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July 13, 2023
David Rothenberg’s Letter to the Editor
Jim Quinn's perspective on the need to maintain Rikers Island ("Drop 'Close Rikers' plan before it is too late," op-ed, July 10) is embedded in past myths.
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July 10, 2023 The Fortune Society
Fortune Statement on Most Recent DOC Deaths
The Fortune Society mourns the death of yet two more people who had been detained in our city jails, 40-year-old Felix Taveras on July 4th, and 60-year-old Ricky Howell on July 6th.
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