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

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Nearly all female and transgender inmates at Rikers Island will be transferred to state lockups. Gov. Kathy Hochul touted the move as a way to relieve strain on the city's failing jails. Advocates slammed the plan as a "rushed, ill-conceived" plan.

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News18 India

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.

3 years ago·India

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The Independent

More than 200 women and transgender inmates to be transferred from Rikers

AOC and New York congressional delegation warn of ‘humanitarian crisis’ at troubled city jail as state transfers roughly 350 people, including all women and transgender inmates

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

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.

3 years ago·United States

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abc News

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

3 years ago·United States

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CBS Local

Recent Rikers Island Detainee On Conditions At Troubled Jail: 'It Seems As If Violence Is The Only Thing People Respect'

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — More than 200 women incarcerated on Rikers Island, including trans women, will be transferred to state-run correction facilities in Westchester County.The deal struck by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Bill de Blasio is designed to address the chronic issues at the city jail complex.But as one man told CBS2’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas on Wednesday, conditions for the thousands that remain on the island are dire.READ MORE: Parole O…

3 years ago·United States

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