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March 02, 2026 Queens Daily EagleLibrary reopens at Rikers women’s jail after overcrowding forced closure
A library at the women’s jail on Rikers Island reopened this week after the resource had been shut down for nearly a year as correction officials struggled to manage a swelling jail population caused by a state prison staffing crisis.
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February 12, 2026 New York Amsterdam NewsWill Mamdani’s new Correction Department head turn around Rikers Island?
Stanley Richards came recommended by others to lead the city’s Department of Corrections (DOC). He was once incarcerated himself.
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February 09, 2026 Queens Daily Eagle
Rikers ‘watershed moment’
New DOC commissioner on reform, safety, and the future of city's jails
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January 30, 2026 New York Daily News
Mamdani names ex-inmate to run Corrections Dept.
Mayor Mamdani announced his appointment of five new city agency commissioners.
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January 31, 2026 New York Times
Mamdani Names Nonprofit Leader and ExRikers Inmate to Run N.Y.C. Jails
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new leader on Saturday to run New York City’s Department of Correction, selecting Stanley Richards to helm the agency just days after a federal judge placed a former C.I.A. officer in control of the city’s troubled jail complex on Rikers Island.
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January 31, 2026 New York 1 News
Mamdani names new Department of Correction commissioner
Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Stanley Richards as the new commissioner of the city’s Department of Correction on Saturday. Richards will become the first formerly incarcerated person to lead the city’s jails.
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