Otis Bantum Correctional Center to Close on Rikers Island
The prisoners held at OBC will be transferred to the island’s other facilities, which are being phased out in advance of their replacement by smaller borough jails, yet to be constructed.
Jails
Data: Abuse Claims, Violence Plague NYC Youth Jails Amid Pandemic
State investigators are probing dozens of incidents of alleged abuse, neglect, or violence at New York City’s youth jails amid the coronavirus pandemic, including a riot that broke out Sunday.
NYC Gathering Sick Youth Prisoners at Horizon Juvenile Center
The Bronx youth jail is being used to house to all “symptomatic” child prisoners as part of the de Blasio administration’s consolidation plan.
Horizon Juvenile Center Staffer Contracts Coronavirus
The worker’s infection marks the latest incident of the contagion spreading within New York City’s correction system.
Rikers Island Inmate, Correction Officer Test Positive for Coronavirus
A Rikers Island prisoner and city correction officer assigned to the jail have both tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said, days after the death of another virus-stricken DOC employee.
DOC Investigator From the Bronx Dies of Coronavirus
A Department of Correction investigator died from the coronavirus Sunday, officials said, fueling concerns about the potential spread of COVID-19 in New York City’s correction system.
DOC Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The city worker, whose identity was not made public, works in the department’s Investigation Division at DOC headquarters in East Elmhurst.
In Sign of Bronx’s Gentrification, a Notorious Juvenile Jail is Being Transformed
Builders recently began construction of a massive, mixed-use development at one of the Bronx’s most notorious former institutions: the violence-plagued Bridges Juvenile Center.
Amid Criticism Over COBA Donations, Bronx DA Announces Indictment of Correction Officer
Two days after a media report criticizing Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark for accepting campaign donations from the city’s jail guard union, her office announced the unsealing of an indictment against a correction officer who allegedly helped smuggle heroin onto Rikers Island.
Drive Aims to Deliver Books to Teens at Horizon Juvenile Center
The Bronx-based bookstore Boogie Down Books is partnering with Friends of Island Academy to promote the “Books to Jails” initiative: an effort get books into the hands of young people locked up at Horizon Juvenile Center in Mott Haven.