New York Man Who Spent Five Months at Rikers Didn't Know His Bail Was Set at $2
A man in New York who spent five months at Rikers Island says he had no idea he could have posted $2 bail to be released.
Another Female Rikers Inmate Says She Was Raped By a Corrections Officer
A female inmate at Rikers Island told the New York Daily News that a correction officer raped her in a padlocked storage room at the prison on November 30. New York City’s Department of Corrections is currently facing a federal lawsuit alleging that female inmates at Rikers are routinely raped by COs.
Rikers Guards Accused of 'Viciously' Beating Up Gay Man For Kissing His Boyfriend
Last May, Thomas Hamm, a gay man, visited his partner at New York City’s Rikers Island. After the two men kissed in the visitor’s room, he claims guards called him a “faggot” and beat him up—resulting in fractured bones and head trauma. This week—nearly 18 months later—Lambda Legal announced they have filed suit…
Princeton Grad Allegedly Kills Dad, Asks For Yoga In Jail
Thomas Gilbert Jr., the 30-year-old Princeton grad charged with murdering his hedge fund father, wants to know where he can find Rikers Island’s Yoga Jones.
NYC Will Eliminate Bail for People Accused of Nonviolent Crimes
On Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration released an $18 million plan that will, starting next year, allow NYC judges to keep nonviolent suspects out of Rikers by replacing bail with “supervision options including daily check-ins, text-message reminders and required drug or behavioral therapy.”
John Oliver Breaks Down How the US Bail Bond System Screws the Poor
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver took on America’s bail bond system, pointing out that it often jails poor innocent people for not being as wealthy as known criminal Robert Durst—instead of crimes. And because Americans love entertainment, we’ve carved out a cottage industry of bounty hunter television shows…
The IMF's Questionable Office Culture
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is out on bail today, meaning he'll no longer have to endure jail like a "common criminal." And the increased scrutiny on the IMF has revealed a pretty disturbing workplace culture.
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[New York, April 18. Image via Splash.]
