Rikers Island

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  Harvey Weinstein Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery After Chest Pain In Jail

  Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein was rushed from Rikers Island jail to Bellevue Hospital in New York City on Sunday for emergency heart surgery.

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  Harvey Weinstein Taken To New York's Infamous Rikers Jail

  Disgraced former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was taken to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail on Thursday, ten days after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault.

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  2 New York's Prison Guards Plead Not Guilty Over Inmate Death

  Two guards at New York's notorious Rikers Island prison pleaded not guilty Thursday over the death of an inmate who was beaten to death nearly three years ago.

• New York City Inmates in Solitary Not Getting Exercise Time

  More than 90 percent of New York City jail inmates in solitary confinement aren't getting their legally mandated one hour of daily recreation time outside their cells, according to a report released on Wednesday by the city agency that oversees the nation's second-largest jail system.

• Violence Pervasive in New York City Youth Jails: US

  New York City jails holding teenage inmates are extremely violent and unsafe - and major reforms are needed.

• US Jails Struggle With Role as Makeshift Asylums

  Many of the 3,300 jails across the US have seen a rise in the number of inmates with serious mental illnesses, most arrested for non-violent crimes.

• New York City Jails Neglected Suicide Precautions

  In one case, a mentally ill New York City inmate hanged himself from a shower pipe on his third try in three days. During that stretch, orders to put him on 24-hour watch were apparently ignored, along with a screening form that said he was "thinking about killing himself."

• Inmate Died After Seven Days in New York City Cell

  After a mentally ill Bradley Ballard made a lewd gesture to a female guard at the Rikers Island jail, he was locked in his cell alone for seven increasingly agitated days in which he was denied some of his medication, clogged his toilet so that it overflowed, stripped off his clothes and tied a rubber band tightly around his genitals.

• $25 Million Lawsuit for Inmate Who Died in Hot New York City Cell

  The mother of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who was found dead in a 100-degree Fahrenheit (38-Celsius) New York City jail cell that overheated due to an equipment malfunction plans to file a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city.

• Homeless man dies after jail cell overheats in US

  A mentally ill homeless veteran who died behind bars last month "basically baked to death" in a jail cell that overheated to more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius), a New York City official tells The Associated Press.

• This man was arrested 29 times for nabbing trains, buses

  Darius McCollum can explain the complicated workings of the New York City transit system with the precision of a veteran conductor. He knows every subway stop, every line, every train.

• Lil Wayne is engaged

  The 'Lollipop' hitmaker popped the question to his girlfriend Dhea on Valentine's Day (14.02.12) and he took to his twitter account today (15.02.12) to confirm she accepted his proposal. He wrote: "She said yes!"The pair are expected to wed in the spring and the cocktail waitress is e pregnant with Wayne's baby, MediaTakeOut.com reports.The new arr...

• IMF chief under suicide watch

  Guards at New York City's massive Rikers Island jail complex are taking unusual precautions to make sure that IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn stays safe behind bars.The 62-year-old banker and diplomat has a whole jail wing to himself, a medical device to make sure he doesn't stop breathing at night and guards checking him 24 hours a day to make su...