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2025

• [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]

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]

2023

• [CNN] Laura Coates Live - LaLa Anthony at Rikers [12.22.23]


• Mayor Adams Appoints Lynelle Maginley-Liddie as Department of Correction Commissioner | City of New York (nyc.gov) [12.8.23]


• Mayor Eric Adams Makes Appointment-Related Announcement - YouTube [12.8.23]


• [NY1] LaLa Anthony Visits Rikers Island for a Thanksgiving Dinner with PICs [11.21.23]


• [News12] Bed-Stuy church, Department of Correction team up for gang awareness workshop [11.19.23]


• [Teen Vogue] Inside Rikers Island Drama Club: Incarcerated Youth Find Solace in Improv [11.17.23]


• [NBC4] Inside Rikers Island – NBC New York [11.7.23]


• [News12] Rikers Island hosts Halloween event for incarcerated individuals and their families [10.30.23]


• [NY1] City First responders honored for bravery in respective fields [10.24.23]


• [ABC7] Former NFL Athlete Is Working To Give 'Fatherless' Persons in Custody A Second Chance [10.24.23]


• [News12] DOC's walk against gang violence aims to keep teens out of Rikers Island [10.21.23]


• [PIX 11] Commissioner Molina Talks About Progess at Rikers and Receivership [10.3.23]


• [MEGA 97.9 FM] Interview with Mayor Adams and Commissioner Molina About the Jails [9.28.23]


• [NBC 4] Miles Miller Story – Gang Violence on Rikers Island [9.25.23]


• [News 12] NYC Department of Correction and NYPD educate parents on gang warning signs [9.23.23]


• [NY1] Correction Officers Rescue Driver From Overturned Car [9.23.23]


• [NY1] REMEMBERING SEPT. 11TH 2001 [9.8.23]


• [FOX5] Honoring 9/11 heroes: City Dept. of Correction's annual service on Rikers Island [9.8.23]


• [NY1] Department of Correction holds annual September 11th ceremony [9.8.23]


• [WNBC] HONORING OFFICERS LOST TO 9/11-RELATED ILLNESSES [9.8.23]


• [NBC4] Department of Correction Honors Officers Lost to 9/11-related Illnesses [9.8.23]


• [NY1] Rikers Island Honors 50 Years of Hip-Hop [8.31.23]


• [NY1] Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina talks 2027 deadline for Rikers Island shutdown Part 1 [8.28.23]


• [NY1] Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina discusses prisoner rehabilitation Part 2 [8.28.23]


• [NY1] Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina goes over his career Part 3 [8.28.23]


• [Fox5] 'Twinning Project': Rikers Island persons in custody find hope through soccer [8.21.23]


• [CBS] Exclusive: Rikers Island community engagement day reunites incarcerated women with families [8.9.23]


• [CBS] Exclusive: Rikers Island community engagement day reunites incarcerated women with families [8.9.23]


• [FOX5] New Program Gives Cell Phones To Released Persons in Custody [7.13.23]


• [Patch] Dialed In: City Hall Set To Supply Free Phones To People Newly Released From Rikers [7.13.23]


• [Gothamist] Released NYC detainees will get phones, including those who are older, trans or have mental illness [7.13.23]


• [AMNY] New transitional service center opens on Rikers Island amidst federal monitor report suggesting City to be held in contempt [7.13.23]


• [Queens Jewish Link] Rabbi Mendy Hecht Talks About His Work On Riker's Island [7.12.23]


• [Amsterdam News] Rikers Island detainees celebrate Pride 2023 [6.30.23]


• [News12] Riker's Island celebrates Pride Month with staff and persons in custody [6.29.23]


• [CBS2] Exclusive: NYCFC partners with Rikers Island to teach incarcerated men life skills through soccer [6.28.23]
  


• [ABC7] Program gives Rikers Island prisoners chance to visit their children outside the jail [6.26.23]


• [Fox5] Meet the K9 unit keeping Rikers Island safe from drugs, contraband [6.26.23]


• [WNBC] Inside the new training program for Rikers Island correction officers [6.23.23]


• [El Diario] Comisionado Louis Molina: "No es cierto que en la cárcel de Rikers la gente esté en riesgo de daño inminente" [6.21.23]


• [The Rev & The Rabbi | 77 WABC] An Interview with Commissioner Louis A. Molina [6.18.23]


• [PIX11] Graduation for Rikers Island detainees [6.13.23]


• [AMNY] Diplomas of hope: Rikers Island celebrates 43 high school graduates of its East River Academy program [6.13.23]


• [Sid & Friend in the Morning] Louis Molina | Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction [5.23.23]


• [ABC7] Meet the 2nd generation Korean American training correction officers to defend themselves [5.23.23]


• [Norwood News] Dr. Anita Gupta Appointed as Chief Surgeon of Health Management Division [4.20.23]


• [The Good Newsroom] Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Performs Mass for Staff and Detainees at the Eric M. Taylor Center [4.6.23]


• [News12] NYC Department of Correction hosts first-ever women's conference to honor agency's history [3.29.23]


• [FOX5] Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina joined Good Day New York [3.20.23]


• [Caribbean Life] Antiguan-born Lynelle Maginley-Liddie serves as NYCDOC First Dep. Commish [3.20.23]


• [PIX11] NYC Department of Correction commissioner shares Rikers Island updates [3.17.23]


• [WABC Radio] The Rev & The Rabbi Podcast - Commissioner of the Department of Corrections for New York City Louis Molina [3.12.23]


• [NYC Mayor's Office] Deputy Mayor Banks Holds Briefing On Public Safety In New York City [3.10.23]


• [Haitian Times] More Haitian women showing excellence no fluke [3.8.23]


• [Manhattan Institute] Rescuing Rikers: Fireside Chat with Louis A. Molina [3.1.23]


• [The Breakfast Club] NYC Dept. Of Corrections Commissioner Louis A Molina Discusses The State Of Rikers Island + More [1.25.23]
  


• [NYC Mayor's Office] Deputy Mayor Phil Banks Holds Briefing on Public Safety in New York City [2.24.23]


• [AMNY] Correction Commissioner Louis Molina talks contraband and the state of medical services at Rikers Island (Part 2) [1.24.23]


• [AMNY] Up close and personal: amNewYork sits down with Correction Commissioner Louis Molina about fate of Rikers Island (Part 1) [1.22.23]

2022

• [CBS] Mothers in custody at Rikers get time with kids at Children's Museum of Manhattan [12.19.22]


• [NY1] Mayor Eric Adams visits Rikers Island on Thanksgiving [11.24.22]


• [CBS] The Point: Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina on fixing Rikers Island [11.20.22]


• [CBS] DOC Commissioner Louis Molina blames de Blasio administration for problems at Rikers Island [11.18.22]
  


• [NY1] Correction commissioner defends city jails, hopes to avoid federal takeover of Rikers [11.14.22]


• [DOC] NYC Department of Correction, The Children's Museum of Manhattan, and Robin Hood Partner to Resume Off Island Family Visitation with Expanded Program Model [10.24.22]


• [FOX5] Lil Baby and La La speak to young men at Rikers Island [10.19.22]


• [PIX11] NYC correction commissioner on solitary confinement [10.9.22]


• [NY1] DOC chief: Proposed confinement ban would create 'state of anarchy' [9.30.22]


• [ABC7] Tiempo: Fiona devastates Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic; 1st Latino DOC commissioner stops by [9.25.22]


• [WABC] D.O.C Honors Members of Service Who Helped Ferry People to Safety [9.11.22]
  


• [NY1] Exclusive: Department of Correction launches new data portal [8.22.22]


• [AMNY] 'You talk about hope, but sometimes you need to see it': Gospel singers Mary Mary perform concert inside Rikers Island [7.31.22]
  


• [Gothamist] Q&A with Louis Molina, the man who has just a few months to turn Rikers Island around [7.7.22]


• [NYC Mayor's Office] Mayor Adams Announces Over 2700 Weapons Recovered from Riker's Island [6.22.22]
  


• [AMNY] EXCLUSIVE: Jailhouse rock at Rikers Island, as Christian rock artists Kirk Franklin and Maverick City perform for incarcerated [6.19.22]


• [FOX5] NYC Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina on Rikers Island's future [6.15.22]


• [NY1] At Rikers Island, students get their chance to graduate high school [6.14.22]
  


• [NY1] Correction commissioner pitches plan to reform Rikers [6.8.22]


• [New York Times] He's In Charge of Fixing Rikers Island. His Plan Is Due in 11 Days. [5.7.22]


• [DOC] DOC Modernizes Its Commissary Operations [4.11.22]


• [CBS] Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina on Rikers: "We're making sure that there's accountability" [4.7.22]
  


• [ABC7] Up Close: Uncovering violence at Rikers Island; Willowbrook 50 years later [3.20.22]


• [DOC] Progress Made In Restoring Safety And Security in DOC Facilities Heading Into First 100 Days of New Administration [3.16.22]


• [DOC] "Gateways To Galleries" [3.2.22]


• [The Chief Leader] DOC's Molina Cites Trust Factor As Key to Turnaround in Jails [2.23.22]


• [News12] Exclusive: Music therapy returns to Rikers Island [2.19.22]
  


• [NY1] Inside Rikers, one-on-one with new Correction Commissioner Louis Molina [2.8.22]


• [NY1] New correction officers head to Rikers Island amid jail crisis [2.1.22]


• [DOC] 1,000 NYC Uniform Correction Staff Back on Active Duty Following Record-High Absences, Bedford Hills Transferees Returning to Rose M. Singer Center, and 4 DOC Facilities No Longer on 12-hour Shifts [1.31.22]


• [NYC Mayor's Office] Mayor Adams Attends Department of Correction Graduation Ceremony [1.31.22]


• [Washington Post] – A Broadway show about life after incarceration finds its most avid audience in a New York City jail [1.21.22]

2021

• [DOC] – Department of Correction Transfers Rikers Island Land to Department of Citywide Administrative Services [12.30.21]


• [DOC] Visits Limited to Video-Only for Safety Amid Covid Surge [12.21.21]


• [Corrections1] Inaugural AKC/USPCA K9 Detection Dog Challenge to air on ESPN 2 [11.27.21]


• [Daily News] Rikers contraband canine and her handler to sniff out prize in national law enforcement dog contest [11.24.21]


• [DOC] DOC's K9 Unit Competes In The Inaugural AKC/USPCA K9 Detection Dog Challenge [11.24.21]


• [DOC] Mayor De Blasio, DOC Commissioner Schiraldi unveil additional jail safety and security measures [9.23.21]


• [DOC] DOC Fact Sheet: Staffing and Efforts to Improve Conditions [9.7.21]


• [DOC] Remarks by Commissioner Vincent R. Schiraldi on Staffing and Jail Conditions [9.7.21]


• [DOC] Dr. Fauci Creates Vax Videos for NYC Jails [8.26.21]


• [DOC] City Identifies Site for New Correction Academy [8.6.21]


• [Queens Daily Eagle] DOC Hands Over Rikers Facility [7.30.21]


• [DOC] DOC Transfers First Rikers Facility to DCAS [7.27.21]


• [News12] NYC community cleans up Rikers Island garden for staff [7.27.21]


• [DOC] Leader with More Than 30 Years Experience Appointed Chief of Department at DOC [7.12.21]


• [The City] Tears and Joy as Rikers Island Resumes In-Person Visits [7.5.21]


• [Latin Heat] Tom Demenkoff: From Pachuco to Activist to "57 Chevy" Fan [7.2.21]


• [DOC] DOC's Top Uniformed Officer Retires After More Than 30 Years of Service [7.2.21]


• DOC] Department of Correction appoints BOC Vice-Chair Stanley Richards as First Deputy Commissioner of Programs and Operations [6.30.21]


• [DOC] June 29 - DOC Launches New LGBTQIA+ Initiatives, Including "Pride Ambassadors" [6.29.21]


• [News 12] NYC jails resume in-person visits after pandemic pause [6.25.21]


• [The Chief Leader] Beyond the Call of Duty [6.24.21]


• [DOC] Department of Correction to Resume In-Person Visits and Other Services Suspended due to COVID-19 [6.9.21]


• [DOC] Commissioner Brann to leave The Department of Correction following a near 40-year career in public service [5.11.21]


• [Daily News] NYC Correction Department names new first-deputy commissioner and chief diversity officer: officials [3.5.21]


• [DOC] New York City Department of Correction Appoints Lynelle Maginley-Liddie as First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Diversity Officer [3.5.21]


• [Corrections One] NYCDOC recognizes top officer for keeping COVID-19 at bay in jails [1.4.21]

2020

• [News 12] Officers celebrate early Christmas with DOC's 2nd annual toy drive [12.23.20]


• [USA Today] Many people in jail are eligible to vote. But casting a ballot behind bars isn't easy [10.30.20]


• [DOC] We Were There: Reflections from NYC's Boldest 19 Years Later [9.11.20]


• [Yahoo! News] First Responder Friday honors Correction Officer Erica Vernon [9.11.20]


• [ABC7] First Responder Friday: NYC Correction Officer Erica Vernon [9.11.20]


• [Daily News] The unsung, unseen heroes of 9/11: NYC Department of Correction officers ran to help at Ground Zero [9.6.20]


• [News12] DOC's food drive at Rikers Island collects food for those affected by COVID-19 [7.10.20]


• [DOC] DOC Hosts 'Boldest Food Drive' for Families Impacted by COVID-19 [6.30.20]


• [Medium] A Message from the New York City Department of Correction [5.7.20]


• [Labor Press] Correction Officer Saves The Day On The LIRR [3.13.20]


• [YouTube] NYC Department of Correction Celebrates Black History Month [2.26.20]


• [BBC] Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip-hop on Rikers Island (part 1) [2.22.20]


• [News 12] Best of the Bronx: Henry Ukazu empowers youth through mentorship program [2.10.20]


• [PIX11] Ex-boyfriend gets 40 years to life for ambush slaying of correction officer in Brooklyn [02.05.20]


• [PIX11] Exclusive: Rose Petal Boutique opens at Rikers Island [01.31.20]


• [New York Post] Corrections Officer behind Cuomo's BQE rescue describes scene [01.07.20]

2019

• [NY1] City Prepares for State Bail Reform Law, Sees Jail Population at Record-Low 6,000 [12.28.19]


• [New York Times] The Rikers Coffee Academy [12.27.19]


• [NEWS 12] Law enforcement officers give back through 'Ballin' For Christmas' event [12.21.19]


• [DOC] NYC Department of Correction Fraternal Organization Volunteers to Help Bahamas Hurricane Victims [12.20.19]


• [DOC] NYC Department of Correction Brightens Lives of Children During Holiday Season [12.18.19]


• [Daily News] Sex abuse in NYC jails: Dept. of Correction says it's on the path of reform [11.30.19]


• [Daily News] New York City jail menus will be meatless on Mondays [11.27.2019]


• [Crains / NYTimes] As NY Plans New Jails, Norway Serves as an Unlikely Model [11.12.19]


• [Patch] Rikers Island Detainees Register To Vote With City's Help [10.4.19]


• [New York Times] The Secret Jailhouse Garden of Rikers Island [10.4.19]


• [Curbed] What can New York City Learn from Norway about Designing humane jails? [9.19.19]


• [News12] New Yorkers can post bail at new window at Bronx Criminal Court [9.17.19]


• [CorrectionsOne] DOC shares stories of unsung CO heroes who responded on 9/11 [9.11.19]


• [NY1] Rikers Island's New Scanners Provide a Glimpse Inside an Persons in Custody's Body [9.9.19]


• [NY1] Memorial Honors the DOC Officers Who Answered the Call on 9/11 [9.8.19]


• [WPIX CHANNEL 11] EXCLUSIVE: New facility on Rikers Island gives young persons in custody new hope [9.6.19]


• [NY1] Correction Officer Group Hosts Backpack Giveaway [9.1.19]


• [NYPost] Newly-minted correction officer follows dad's, grandfather's footsteps [7.31.19]


• [CBN News] 21 Rikers Island Persons in Custody Dedicate Their Lives to Jesus During a Hillsong NYC and Prison Fellowship Event [7.28.19]


• [DOC] NYC Department of Correction Welcomes New Director of LGBTQ+ Initiatives [7.26.19]


• [NYDN] NYC jail admissions down almost 50% since 2014 [7.15.19]


• [Fund for City of NY] Fund for the City of New York Honors DWIC John Gallagher [May 2019]


• [NYPost] How Hurricane Sandy improved mental health treatment on Rikers Island [5.23.19]


• [BronxTimes] Aspiring correction officer overcomes homelessness [5.22.19]


• [amNY] Bronx man's journey to a Manhattan College degree started in Rikers [5.21.19]


• [The Chief-Leader] For John Jay Students, an Education In Reality, Humanity at Rikers Island [5.10.19]


• [Guyana Times International] New York City Renames Street to Honour Slain Guyanese Correction Officer [5.10.19]


• [Corrections One] NYC DOC's employee wellness center is an investment in officer well-being [5.7.19]


• [QNS.COM] Fallen correction officer Jonathan Narain honored in South Richmond Hill [5.7.19]


• [NYDN] Persons in Custody in NYC jails can now make free phone calls [5.1.19]


• [Playbill] How the Stella Adler Studio Gives former Persons in Custody a Second Chance at Life [4.26.19]


• [Queens Daily Eagle] City may include dads in family field trip program for detained parents [4.19.19]


• [News 12] Study: New NYC Jails will be Safer and More Modern for Persons in Custody [3.22.19]


• [The New Yorker] Inside the Mayor's Plan to Close Rikers [3.22.19]


• [Bronx Justice News] Exclusive: Violence Down Sharply at Horizon Juvenile Center in Bronx, Records Show [3.21.19]


• [CNN] More Mothers are Ending up Behind Bars. Meeting the Needs of their Children is Becoming a Bigger Priority [3.18.19]


• [NY1] Cardinal Dolan Holds Ash Wednesday Mass on Rikers Island [3.7.19]


• [WPIX 11] Cardinal Timothy Dolan was on Rikers Island Today for Ash Wednesday Mass with female persons in custody [3.6.19]


• [Current News] Cardinal Timothy Dolan Celebrates Mass at Rikers Island [3.6.19]


• [WPIX 11] DOC Paws of Purpose Program [2.5.19]


• [News12] Jail program teaches persons in custody about parenting [1.28.19]


• [Caribbean Life News] Haitian correctional officers celebrate creation of new org [1.24.19]