#Rikers inmate attacks jail guard with feces

#Rikers inmate attacks jail guard with feces

“#Rikers inmate attacks jail guard with feces” A Big Apple jail supervisor was attacked by a Rikers Island inmate and smothered in feces, law enforcement sources told The Post.  Captain Nauvella Lacroix was working the night shift on Wednesday around 9:45 p.m. when inmate Arthur Brown started hurling the brown muck at him from inside…

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#the good, the bad & the ugly

#the good, the bad & the ugly

“#the good, the bad & the ugly” After the brazen daylight gunplay in Times Square last weekend, several random subway slashings and the televised debate Thursday night, voters are focused on what the Democratic mayoral candidates are saying about crime and escalating gun violence. At the debate, Eric Adams reaffirmed why he is The Post’s…

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#Rikers inmate escapes through fence before being recaptured

#Rikers inmate escapes through fence before being recaptured

“#Rikers inmate escapes through fence before being recaptured” A Rikers Island inmate put the jail on lockdown Friday morning — after escaping through a hole in a fence, law enforcement sources told The Post. The 20-year-old inmate, identified as Jorden Hewitt, slipped out of the recreation yard just before 9:45 a.m., according to sources. Hewitt,…

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#Andrew Yang wants to close Rikers Island

#Andrew Yang wants to close Rikers Island

“#Andrew Yang wants to close Rikers Island” Leading mayoral contender Andrew Yang wants to close the jails on Rikers Island, but doesn’t know when, saying Tuesday it’s “tough” for him to commit to a specific timetable. “I support closing Rikers Island as soon as we can,” Yang said in a Freedom Agenda interview that aired…

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