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Data: Abuse Claims, Violence Plague NYC Youth Jails Amid Pandemic

April 15, 2020 Eric Klein 0

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

April 9, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

The Bronx youth jail is being used to house to all “symptomatic” child prisoners as part of the de Blasio administration’s consolidation plan.

“My Son Could Die:” Parents Kept in Dark About Spread of Coronavirus at Horizon Juvenile Center

April 3, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

Several parents fear their teenage children are being neglected at Horizon Juvenile Center amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has infected dozens of prisoners and corrections staffers across the five boroughs.

Horizon Juvenile Center Staffer Contracts Coronavirus

March 21, 2020 Sasha Gonzales 0

The worker’s infection marks the latest incident of the contagion spreading within New York City’s correction system.

Bronx Justice News Investigates: State Probe Uncovers Abuse, Neglect at Horizon Juvenile Center

February 28, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

A 17-year-old prisoner at Horizon Juvenile Center in the Bronx was the victim of “serious” abuse and neglect at the hands of facility staff—mistreatment that city and state officials are keeping hidden from public scrutiny, a Bronx Justice News investigation found.

Drive Aims to Deliver Books to Teens at Horizon Juvenile Center

October 10, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 0

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.

Federal Monitor: Statute of Limitations Expired in 1,500 Jail Misconduct Probes, Limiting Accountability

April 18, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 0

The city’s Correction Department is struggling to manage a massive backlog of disciplinary cases, resulting in the statute of limitations expiring in about 1,500 use of force investigations, according to a new federal monitor report.

Exclusive: Violence Down Sharply at Horizon Juvenile Center in Bronx, Records Show

March 21, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 0

The official city data, obtained exclusively by Bronx Justice News, shows 16 and 17-year-olds are leading lives less permeated by the kind of institutional violence they experienced  at Rikers.

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