Tag: Rikers Island

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Shuttering New York's Rikers Island complex will be no small task, but the city's mayor unveiled plans Thursday to make ...

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New York has signed into law raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18, leaving just one state -- North ...

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New York's mayor pledged Friday to shut down the notorious Rikers Island prison, the city's main jail complex, in a ...

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Sharon Jones, the singer who spearheaded a soul revival movement with her band the Dap-Kings, has died at the age ...

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Celebrated American rapper, Lil Wayne, considered being a gospel rapper after serving his 8-month prison sentence at Rikers Island. The ...