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2026

• [Fox5] Mamdani announces opening of outposted therapeutic housing unit at Bellevue Hospital [4.8.26]


• [NY1] Aging Rikers Facility Set to Shut Down as Care Moves to Bellevue Hospital [4.7.26]


• [NBC] Mamdani Announces Opening of Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at Bellevue Hospital [4.7.26]


• [Daily News] Rikers detainees with serious health issues to be moved to new Bellevue Hospital unit [4.7.26]


• [1010 WINS] Mamdani hails opening of therapeutic housing outpost for inmates on path to closing Rikers [4.7.26]


• [City & State] Stanley Richards Wants Rikers Closed. In the Meantime, He Works There.  [3.30.26]


• [City & State] With New Leadership, Advocates are Daring to Hope for Change at Rikers [3.30.26]


• [NPR] New York City Mayor Celebrates Ramadan with Persons in Custody on Rikers Island [3.17.26]


• [Business Insider] Inside Rikers Island's Jail Kitchen [2.22.26]


• [WNYC] NYC's new Department of Correction Commissioner on his plans for the job [2.20.26]


• [Queens Daily Eagle] After controversial cuts, nonprofits to return to Rikers Island [2.2.26]


• [New York Times] At the Rikers Jail, the Women Have No Library. But They Have a Book Club [1.10.26]


• [Black Enterprise] ‘Dressed For The Part’ Boutique Opens On Rikers Island [1.6.26]

2025

• [ABC 7] ThreeSixty Program by La La Anthony Helps Young Men from Time Behind Bars to Release [12.17.25]


• [Corrections1] Corrections1 unveils the top corrections recruitment videos of 2025 [12.9.25]


• [CBS 2] Department of Correction Teams Up With Brooklyn Children’s Museum [11.11.25]


• [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] New program at Brooklyn Children’s Museum helps incarcerated dads reconnect with families through play [11.10.25]


• [CBS News] Pregnant women on Rikers Island receive doula support through Brooklyn partnership [11.7.25]


• [Queens Daily Eagle] Rikers Island gets Renovated Visitor Center [10.29.25]


• [News12] Ceremony on Rikers Island honors officers who died from ground zero-related illnesses [9.5.25]


• [Queens Daily Eagle] City announces new Rikers reentry pilot program [8.11.25]


• [NY1] NYC Correction, Cops Help Give Away Hundreds of Bikes to Kids: ‘It Keeps the Positivity Going’  [7.25.25]


• [NY Post] NYC Correction, Cops Help Give Away Hundreds of Bikes to Kids: ‘It Keeps the Positivity Going’  [7.25.25]


• [ABC] GMA: Former Footballer Helps Uplift Young Men in Jail [7.16.25]


• [ABC] EXCLUSIVE: Dreams deferred, not denied: Graduation held for inmates at Rikers Island [7.11.25]


• [Parents] Yes, Incarcerated Dads Can Play an Active Role in Their Children’s Lives [6.13.25]


• [News 12] Rikers Basketball Team Aims to Change Lives Behind Bars [5.23.25]


• [Essence] Motherhood on Rikers Island: Inside That Jail's Doula Program for Incarcerated Moms [5.10.25]


• [CBS2] Brooklyn Exhibit Showcases Art by Rikers Island Inmates [4.24.25]


• [Brownstoner] Bed-Stuy Exhibit Shows Artwork of Rikers Island Detainees [4.23.25]


• [News12] Exhibit Features Artwork By Inmates in Rikers [4.15.25]


• [AMNY] The Art of Confinement: Rikers Island Detainees’ Work Goes on Display in Brooklyn [4.15.25]


• [NY1] DOC Relaunches Canine Rehabilitation Program [3.31.25]


• [Staten Island Advance] Meet 4 of NYC’s Newest Correction Officers; Among 103 Graduates Recognized at Ceremony [3.28.25]


• [World Journal] The Only 24-Year-Old Chinese in the New York Correctional Police Academy became a Sharpshooter [3.22.25]


• [News12] NYC DOC Graduates from the Bronx [3.22.25]


• [News 12] NYC DOC Honors Late Edwin Felicien, Spent 57 Years Working for Department [2.24.25]


• [New York Times] Inside a Rikers Island Kitchen, Dull Knives and Critical Jobs [2.2.25]


• [News12] NYC Department of Correction officer celebrates perfect attendance [1.22.25]


• [New York Post] Rikers Opens Wellness Center, Including 'Serenity Room,' for Correction Officers [1.18.25]

2024

• [Corrections1] Corrections1 reveals the top corrections recruitment videos of 2024 [12.18.24]


• [PIX11] Life Skills and Drills: People in custody learn life lessons at Rikers Island [12.11.24]


• [Corrections1] Roundtable: How the corrections profession was challenged in 2024 [12.11.24]


• [NY1] For Families, Pain Still Lingers 23 Years After Flight 587 Crash in Queens [11.12.24]


• [New York Voice News] Exclusive Interview with Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie [8.16.24]


• [PIX 11] At Rikers, Comedians, Dogs, and People in Custody Mix — For a Cause [7.25.24]


• [News 12] Rikers Island Opens New Kid-Friendly Visitation Room at the George R. Vierno Center [6.17.24]


• [News 12] Graduation Day for Dozens of Young Adults on Rikers Island [6.12.24]


• [NBC 4] New Training Protocol for NYC Correction Officers to Stop Persons in Custody from Harming Themselves [5.23.24]


• [Associated Press] NYC’s Rikers Island Jail Gets a Kid-Friendly Visitation Room Ahead of Mother’s Day [5.12.24]


• [Staten Island Advance] Members of DSNY and Department of Correction honored at Iftar Dinner on Staten Island [4.1.24]


• [News 12] Department of Correction surprise students with free sneakers [3.25.24]


• [NBC4] One-of-a-kind soccer program helps persons in custody on Rikers Island [3.13.24]


• [NY1] Fifty Years with New York’s Boldest [3.4.24]


• [CBS] CBS New York gets exclusive look at Rikers Island persons in custody care center at Bellevue Hospital [3.4.24]


• [SI Live] Longest-serving corrections officer Walter Nelson is honored by elected officials [3.1.24]


• [New York Times] Citing Progress at Rikers, Judge Says New York Is No Longer in Contempt [2.28.24]


• [Daily News] Federal Judge Lifts Contempt Order Against NYC Over Management of Rikers Island, City Jails [2.28.24]


• [NY1] Judge Lifts Contempt Order for Department of Correction [2.28.24]


• [Staten Island Advance] DA: 2 charged in scheme to smuggle fentanyl-laced documents to NYC’s Rikers Island from Staten Island Courthouse [2.22.24]


• [New York Post] Adam Kamagate, Curtis Braswell indicted on trying to smuggle drugs into Rikers [2.22.24]


• [NY1] Mental health unit reopens at Elmhurst Hospital for Rikers women [1.23.24]


• [NY1] DOC Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie discusses mental health on Rikers Island [1.21.24]