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The City Council passed a bill that will establish a review process for releasing those in custody who are awaiting trial or who do not pose a public safety risk.

Rebecca Hillman testified at trial that she thought the man was “joking.”

One detainee was not told he had a brain cyst for two weeks – then his lawyer found it in his paperwork, the complaint says.

An alternative site in Harlem would be less restrictive and closer to many incarcerated people’s families, supporters say.

Jail funding is as high as ever, even though there are far fewer people behind bars

Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi issued a frantic letter to public defenders this week calling on them to help reduce the incarcerated population.

After one inmate's death at the Essex County Correctional Facility and the vicious beating of another, officials vow a review of operations.

New data shows that, as of November 3rd, 1,515 uniformed staffers were on sick leave and another 39 had gone AWOL, only a slight improvement since the city's lawsuit was withdrawn.

"Blaming the courts..is like the captain of the Titanic blaming the iceberg.”

Another person has died in city custody, after succumbing to injuries he sustained while attempting to take his own life inside a Manhattan holding cell last week, according to sources familiar with the matter.