The New York City Department of Correction Pipe Band proudly marched in the Super Bowl Parade on Tuesday, Feb. 7th in Lower Manhattan. The parade was attended by thousands of enthusiastic Giants fans, including several of New York's Boldest! 
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Following an open house on Saturday, Feb.4 attended by approximately 625 members of the public, The NYC Department of Correction this week began re-populating the Brooklyn Detention Complex (BDC) for the first time since 2003.
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The TV Show “Blue Bloods”  filmed scenes for an upcoming episode at the Manhattan Detention Center sally port in early January. The hours-long shoot focused on a bus pulling up and discharging inmates (all of whom were actors). The show’s stars - Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Tom Selleck - were not on the scene, but many actors regularly have appeared on location at Department of Correction jails, including most recently, Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller in “Tower Heist,” shot at Rikers Island, and the TV show “Bored to Death” with Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis, filmed at the Brooklyn Detention Complex.

New York’s Boldest showed once again that they are also among New York’s most generous in the Department’s annual Toys for Toys event at SCO Family of Services in Brooklyn. Carrying on the longstanding tradition of Assistant Deputy Warden Janice Jackson, DOC staff donated toys and bicycles to underprivileged children in a Department-wide effort led by ADW Andrea Hall and Captain Germaine Walker. Pictured, left to right: CO Joyner; CO Acevedo; CO Smith; Capt. Walker; CO Herbert; Capt. Elam; CO Courtney; ADW Hall; CO Henry; Deputy Warden Jones; Capt. Vaz; Capt. Thrash.

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan visited Rikers Island recently to celebrate Mass for the Catholic inmate population at the Robert N. Davoren Center, which houses both adult and adolescent male inmates. His Excellency also spent time with staff. Pictured here are Sister Margaret McCabe of R.N.D.C., and Sister Mary O’Connor, the retired administrative Chaplain of the Eric M. Taylor Center.

In a brief ceremony at Rose M. Singer Center Visit House on Rikers Island, DOC Commissioner Dora Schriro recently handed off more than 200 cell phones donated by DOC staff to Verizon Wireless to help victims of domestic violence. The organizers of the cell phone collection at DOC were Captain Migdalia Montana and Captain William Barnes, pictured above; another key participant was Capt. James Sims of Support Services (not pictured), who supervised the building of the bright purple collection boxes throughout DOC. Commissioner Schriro was joined by Commissioner Yolanda Jimenez of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence and David Samberg, a representative of Verizon Wireless.

For the 14th year in a row, the NYC Department of Correction celebrated the holiday season at Rikers Island with a symbolic tree lighting in front of the Samuel Perry Visit Center.
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Valedictorian Theodore Roberts is all smiles as he answers a reporter’s questions shortly before the graduation ceremony for the Recruit Class of December 2011 at the Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts.
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The rescue of a family trapped in a van. Coming to the aid of an elderly man menaced by a mentally ill perpetrator in a crowded restaurant. Stopping to help a police officer in the arrest of a dangerous felon. DOC’s Medal Day 2011 celebrated these heroic acts and other professional achievements by Correction staff.
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The Department of Correction is pleased to announce the issuance of a new Concept Paper. The Individualized Corrections Achievement Network (I-CAN) is the Department’s second generation effort, replacing Rikers Island Discharge Enhancement (RIDE), and offering skills building opportunities and discharge planning to both eligible pretrial and sentenced, male and female inmates in jail and after release in the five boroughs. Comments will be accepted until December 7.
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The NYC Department of Correction proudly participated for the first time in the City’s annual Veteran’s Day Parade on Veteran’s Day, November 11. This year, the parade was named “Never Forget” to recognize the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 as well as to highlight the United States Navy.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Sept.27th announced the first meeting of the Mayor’s Steering Committee of the Citywide Justice and Mental Health Initiative. Led by Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. Gibbs and Chief Policy Advisor John Feinblatt, the committee will address the question of why, even as crime has decreased and the jail population has declined, the number of incarcerated mentally ill has risen in the New York City jails.
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The New York City Department of Correction and partner Groundswell Community Mural Project recently unveiled a new public mural on the State Street side of the Brooklyn Detention Complex. The 90-foot-wide mural is 18 feet high. It is the creation of 15 young people participating in a summer leadership institute run by Groundswell.
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DOC in August celebrated the promotion of 47 new Correction Captains and launched a new Victim’s Services initiative.
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The New York City Department of Correction is implementing a major energy efficiency and pollution mitigation measure on Rikers Island. We are upgrading our energy infrastructure on Rikers to include a new cogeneration facility.
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The New York City Department of Correction today announced a new facilities plan which will reduce the number of inmate beds on Rikers Island by approximately 3,000. Fifty  deteriorated temporary housing units that are costly to maintain will be taken down, and in their place the Department will build a critically needed and efficient 1,500-bed jail on Rikers Island. The new jail will be energy efficient and cost effective, incorporate the latest jail management best practices, and feature a centralized admissions and discharge center. This represents the City’s most significant capital investment in the correctional system in two decades.
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Effective immediately, the NYC Department of Correction (NYC DOC) has implemented revised procedures specifying the accepted forms of identification for attorneys, non-attorneys, and legal assistants to access NYC inmates in areas of the supreme and criminal courthouses under NYC DOC control.
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Effective June 16, 2008, all inmate telephone calls may be monitored or recorded. Attorneys, physicians/clinicians and clergy may request that their numbers be placed on the Do Not Record list.
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