More than 200 women, transgender inmates to be transferred from Rikers Island

State to transfer nearly all Rikers Island female and transgender inmates to Westchester facilities

Beginning next week, about 230 inmates will be moved to the state-run Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and Taconic Correctional Facility,

Health and Safety for Everyone: Former City Jail Physicians on the Crisis at Rikers and Beyond

Mayor de Blasio & company make an announcement (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayor's Office) What is going on at Rikers Island? As former physicians on Rikers Island and in other city jails, we have been horrified to hear of the unsafe, unhygienic, violent, and deadly conditions there. Over 12 people have died this year alone. To prevent more suffering and death, courts need to release thousands of people immediately and to stop sending more people i…

NY Moving Women, Trans Inmates From Rikers To State Lockups

NEW YORK: Nearly all female and transgender inmates at New York Citys Rikers Island jail complex will be temporarily transferred to state lockups, a move officials touted Wednesday as a way to relieve strain on the citys failing jails but that advocates slammed as a rushed, ill-conceived plan that will deprive inmates of services and support.

NY moving women, trans inmates from Rikers to state lockups

Nearly all female and transgender inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex will be temporarily transferred to state lockups

NY moving women, trans inmates from Rikers to state lockups

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly all female and transgender inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex will be temporarily transferred to state lockups, a move officials touted Wednesday as a way to relieve strain on the city’s failing jails but that advocates slammed as a “rushed, ill-conceived” plan that will deprive inmates of services and support.

NY moving women, trans inmates from Rikers to state lockups

Nearly all female and transgender inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex will be temporarily transferred to state lockups