Polanco's family will receive a $5.9 million settlement, a record amount for an inmate death in New York City, according to THE CITY. “This settlement will allow Layleen’s family to move forward without enduring years of protracted litigation and reliving their trauma,” Polanco’s family lawyer, David Shanies, said in a statement to THE CITY.
Venida Browder Dies Of Broken Heart Following Son’s Suicide After 3 Years At Rikers Island We are sad to report that Venida Browder, the 63-year-old Bronx mother of Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after spending three years at Rikers Island without being convicted, has died following a heart attack, her lawyer told the Daily News […]
30-year-old Nicole Bartley, a probationary corrections officer at Rikers Island has a DOI dog named Gunner to thank for landing her in a heap of trouble. The drug sniffing canine caught Bartley attempting to smuggle marijuana in for an inmate who she has been charged with raping (inmates cannot legally consent to sex). According to […]
As of this morning, Ja Rule will become a two-year guest of the New York State Department of Correctional Services.
That dirty French old man had a busy day yesterday.
SMH at him spending all his time playing “Uno”: Rapper Lil Wayne says his stretch at Rikers Island “wasn’t as difficult as people might think” and that he got so good at Uno other inmates refused to play him.
A Rikers Island officer tried to hate on the happy Welcome Weezy Home train this morning for absolutely no reason, saying Toya and ’em’s baby daddy would have to spend at least one more day in the clink before seeing the streets.
Lil’ Wayne’s managed to remain on his best behavior at Rikers Island, which means he’ll be home a month from today, four months early.
Happy Birthday to DeWayne Michael Carter, Jr., aka Lil Wayne, who turns 28-years-old today in Rikers Island.
Last week, Rikers Island Correctional Officer Garina Fearon bought a Powerball ticket in Brooklyn, as she’s prone to do every so often. On Monday, she realized she’d made the best mistake of her life.
Lil’ Wayne is still finding a way to get his music out to the public behind the bars at Rikers Island Correctional Facility. He recently recorded a verse to Drake’s song Light It Up Feat. Jay-Z off of Drake’s Thank Me later album that drops next Tuesday.Continue
