Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first prisoner death of 2025
Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most ...
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How NYC gangs actually work, according to a former Bloods member
In 1994, the United Blood Nation recruited him to the Nine Trey Gangsters faction at the Rikers Island jail complex, and he became one of the first East Coast Blood gang members. McPhatter speaks ...
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How Rikers Island Jail In New York City Actually Works
Vidal Guzman is a former member of the East Coast Bloods. He was incarcerated on Rikers Island when he was 16 and returned when he was 19. Guzman discusses the conditions inside the New York City ...
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What life is really like in Rikers Island
It’s a short trip across a bridge to get to a 413-acre parcel of landfill — Rikers Island, New York City ... the violent gang members — Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings, and the Folk Nation.
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Blood Spattered & Underwear Soiled Harvey Weinstein Sues NYC For $5M Over "Deplorable Conditions" At Rikers Island Jail As Federal Control Of Harsh Facility Looms
“While in the custody of Rikers Island Correctional Facility ... When I last visited him, I found him with blood spatter on his prison garb, possibly from IV's, clothes that had not been ...