Rikers Island (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Rikers Island" in English language version.

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Leid, Carolina (November 2, 2016). "Exclusive: Man dies in Rikers Island cell, family says he was denied medication". ABC7 New York. Archived from the original on May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

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astorialic.org

Daily Star May 1880 Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Greater Astoria Historical Society. Accessed July 27, 2007. "His daughter Grietie married Abraham Rycken; it is after this prominent Queens family that Rikers Island is named."

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bbc.com

"New York's infamous Rikers Island jail is to close". BBC News. October 18, 2019. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023.

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"Dr. Emily Senay, M.D., M.P.H." CBS News. 2007. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007. In addition to making house calls for homebound patients in Manhattan through Betances Health Unit, Dr. Senay has worked in a variety of clinical settings including Rikers Island, New York City's largest jail...

cnn.com

Grinberg, Emanuella (July 31, 2019). "Cause of death revealed for transgender woman who died at Rikers Island". CNN. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

correctionhistory.org

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democracynow.org

"Justice for Layleen Polanco: Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers". Democracy Now!. June 13, 2019. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

dnainfo.com

Goldensohn, Rosa (June 18, 2015). "Rikers Population Falls Below 10,000 For First Time in Decades". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
Honan, Katie (June 22, 2017) "Mayor Releases 'Long and Difficult' Plan to Shutter Rikers in 10 Years" Archived June 22, 2017, at the Wayback Machine DNAinfo
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economist.com

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Chozick, Amy (December 29, 2019) [December 27, 2019]. "Rikers Island Barista Academy". The New York Times. Eric M. Taylor Center. p. 1. ISSN 0362-4331. Gale A610059947. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019 – via Cengage.

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abcnews.go.com

Carrega, Christina (June 5, 2020). "'No criminality' found in the death of transgender inmate on Rikers Island: Prosecutor". ABC News. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

gothamist.com

"Bing Time: What It's Like To Be 16 & In Solitary On Rikers Island". Gothamist. August 5, 2014. Archived from the original on June 19, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.

grist.org

Rakia, Raven (March 15, 2016). "A sinking jail: The environmental disaster that is Rikers Island". Grist. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.

hardcrackers.com

Campbell, David (May 1, 2020). "Stick-up on Rikers Island". Hard Crackers. Archived from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

hrw.org

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huffingtonpost.com

Scherker, Amanda (November 26, 2013). "Teen thrown in violent New York jail for years without ever having been convicted". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.

indypendent.org

Guerguerian, Amba (March 29, 2020). "A View From Inside Rikers Island, Where Coronavirus is Spreading Behind Bars". The Indypendent. Archived from the original on April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

justice.gov

Bharara, Preet (August 4, 2014). "CRIPA Investigation of the New York City Department of Correction Jails on Rikers Island" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
"Brian Coll, Former Correction Officer At Rikers Island, Convicted In Beating Death Of Inmate Ronald Spear". www.justice.gov. December 15, 2016. Archived from the original on May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

latimes.com

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morejustnyc.com

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motherjones.com

Ridgeway, James; Casellaurl, Jean (May 14, 2013). "America's 10 Worst Prisons: Rikers Island". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.

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nbcnews.com

Sosin, Kate (June 13, 2020). "New video reveals trans woman's death at Rikers was preventable, family says". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

nbcnewyork.com

"NYC Lawmakers Approve Plan to Close Rikers Island by 2026". NBC New York. October 17, 2019. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
Russo, Melissa (June 12, 2020). "NYPD Brass: We're Arresting Too Many Prisoners on Early COVID Release". NBC New York. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

ncsc.org

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Rodriguez, Eddy (June 13, 2020). "NYC Prisoners Released Early Due to COVID-19 Concerns Were Re-Arrested, Police Say". Newsweek. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
Saul, Josh (December 15, 2016). "A Rikers Island guard was found guilty in the beating death of a prisoner". Newsweek. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

newyorker.com

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nyc.gov

New York City Department of City Planning. "Tax Block & Tax Lot Base Map Files on CD-ROM" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2007. Similar to the Marble Hill situation is that of Rikers Island. Rikers Island is part of the Borough of The Bronx. However, it is administratively included in Queens Community District 1.
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"Mayor Adams, Hunts Point Community Leaders Release Comprehensive Plan to Create Economic Opportunity, Improve Quality of Life in Hunts Point", Mayor of New York City Eric Adams, June 15, 2022. Accessed January 18, 2024. "Closing the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, an 800-bed jail barge, and starting a community engagement process to repurpose the adjoining city-owned parking lot"
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"Cost of Incarceration per Person in New York City Skyrockets to All-Time High". comptroller.nyc.gov. December 6, 2021. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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"Council Votes on Historic Legislation to Close Rikers Island". New York City Council. October 17, 2019. Archived from the original on February 11, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2023.

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"Safely Reducing the New York City Jail Population". www1.nyc.gov. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

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Barth, Kodi. "An Overview of Rikers Island: A City of Jails". NYC24.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2006. Named after Abraham Rycken, a Dutch settler who moved to Long Island in 1638 and whose descendants owned Rikers Island till 1884.

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Schapiro, Rich (March 18, 2017). "Potential closure of Rikers Island is opportunity for developers". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
Durkin, Erin and Blau, Reuven (April 2, 2017). "Letitia James wants Rikers Island renamed for Kalief Browder if notorious jail is shuttered". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Smith, Greg B. (May 14, 2012). "Class in how not to cover up goof at jail". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
Connelly, Sherryl (September 19, 2015). "Former Rikers mental health worker details horror in book". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
Brown, Stephen Rex (June 18, 2015). "Ex-Rikers captain gets 5 years for letting inmate die". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
Brown, Stephen Rex (November 17, 2015). "EXCLUSIVE: NYC settles for $3.8M in inmate's poison horror". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
Greene, Leonard (April 18, 2016). "'60 Minutes' vid shows Rikers inmate's gruesome death". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
Schapiro, Rich (May 22, 2014) "Mentally ill Rikers Island inmate dies after languishing in jail cell for 7 days" Archived May 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine New York Daily News
Parascandola, Rocco (May 1, 2019). "NYC reaches $3.5M settlement with Bronx woman who accused Rikers officers of withholding meds from epileptic boyfriend". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
Alcorn, Chauncey; Brown, Stephen Rex (January 22, 2017). "Staten Island mom demands answers about son's Rikers Island death". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

nymag.com

Bankoff, Caroline (November 1, 2014). "NYC Settles Rikers Lawsuit for $2.25 Million". Daily Intelligencer, New York. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
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Ransom, Jan (February 7, 2024). "Taylor Swift's NYC stalker mentally 'unfit' for trial, attorney claims in plea to get him out of Rikers Island".
Gonen, Yoav; Rosenberg, Rebecca; Golding, Bruce (March 31, 2017). "New York City to close Rikers Island". New York Post. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

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Staff (December 16, 2014). "What is Rikers Island?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
U.S. Department of Justice, US Attorney Bharara (August 4, 2014). "CRIPA Investigation of the New York City Department of Correction Jails on Rikers Island". New York Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
Chozick, Amy (December 29, 2019) [December 27, 2019]. "Rikers Island Barista Academy". The New York Times. Eric M. Taylor Center. p. 1. ISSN 0362-4331. Gale A610059947. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019 – via Cengage.
Devlin, John C. (November 23, 1966). "'Bridge of Hope' to Rikers Island Is Dedicated Here". The New York Times. p. 41. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
Kilgannon, Corey (February 13, 2006). "Taking the Bus to Rikers Island (and Back, Too)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
Farrell, William M. (August 24, 2018) "Rustic 'Paradise' On Rikers Island; Short-Term Prisoners Tend Trees and Shrubs Destined for City Parks, Parkways" Archived August 24, 2018, at the Wayback Machine The New York Times p. 31. Accessed August 24, 2018
Von Zielbauer, Paul (October 4, 2003). "Art Too Tempting at Rikers; Plot to Steal a Dalí Was Far From a Masterpiece". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
Ransom, Jan (October 3, 2018). "Teenagers Were Moved Off Rikers for Safety. Their Brawls Came, Too". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
Ransom, Jan; Stewart, Nikita (September 28, 2018). "7 Key Questions as New York Moves Teenagers Out of Rikers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
Corasaniti, Nick (April 2, 2017). "Rikers Island Commission Unveils Plan to Shut Down Jail Complex". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
Goodman, J. David (March 31, 2017). "Mayor Backs Plan to Close Rikers and Open Jails Elsewhere". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
Goodman, J. David (March 31, 2017). "Mayor Backs Plan to Close Rikers and Open Jails Elsewhere". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 14, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
Foderaro, Lisa W. (February 14, 2018) "New York State May Move to Close Rikers Ahead of City's 10-Year Timeline" Archived July 17, 2018, at the Wayback Machine The New York Times
Feuer, Alan (October 5, 2007). "City to Pay Damages for Strip Searches". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
Weiser, Benjamin (February 3, 2009). "Lawsuits Suggest Pattern of Rikers Guards Looking Other Way". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
Winerip, Michael & Schwartz, Michael (November 20, 2014). "Mayor de Blasio Urges 'Culture Change' at Rikers Island". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
Winerip, Michael (September 29, 2014). "In Rare Rebuke for Rikers Officers, Judge Urges Firing of 6 Who Beat Inmate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
Schwirtz, Michael (August 4, 2014). "U.S. Inquiry Finds a 'Culture of Violence' Against Teenage Inmates at Rikers Island". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
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Schwirtz, Michael (March 24, 2014). "U.S. Accuses Rikers Officer of Ignoring Dying Plea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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Tso, Tiffany Diane (August 13, 2019). "Mother of Trans Woman Who Died at Rikers Sues NYC". Refinery29. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
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thecity.nyc

Joseph, George (January 24, 2023). "Under Adams, a Rikers Unit That Protected Trans Women Has Collapsed". The City. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
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theroot.com

Helm, Angela (June 10, 2019). "Activists Demand Justice for Layleen Polanco, a Black Trans Woman Found Dead in a Rikers Island Jail Cell". The Root. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

transgenderlawcenter.org

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villagevoice.com

Nicholas, JB (September 26, 2016). "Hundreds March to Demand Shut Down of Rikers Island". Village Voice. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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