Reading List

More than 15,000 Rikers Jail Video Visits Canceled Since 2020 from THE CITY - All RSS feed.

More than 15,000 Rikers Jail Video Visits Canceled Since 2020

A sign inside a visitor center at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island said mothers were permitted hold their children.

The city Department of Correction has canceled 15,129 jail detainee video visits since its online system launched department-wide in 2020, straining relationships among loved ones, according to records obtained by THE CITY.  The remote option for people to connect with those behind bars was launched during the pandemic, when in-person visits were blocked to prevent […]

The post More than 15,000 Rikers Jail Video Visits Canceled Since 2020 appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.