Riverhead Facility News Today

Whatd he he say to you? >> john the sheriff said that he is on suicide watch at the riverhead facility here in the y visitors other than his lawyer, and i asked the sheriff holly has been a behaving in jail over a week after his arrest in the murder of three women and he is what he said. before he has not shown any emon whatsoever. hes not even requested to read a book, he does have access to newspapers, but he shows not to read those newspapers. and hes been laying on his bunk. one time he was ...

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For years, the most dominant gang operating behind the walls of the suffolk county jails riverhead facility has been the bloods. >> step over the back corner. >> now their archrival is out to change the pecking order. >> crips are trying to show force inside the jail. this is one of the problems were having right now. that is why we are having escalation in fights. its almost a green light for every time they see a blood in the jail. we will have fights going on. everybody is aware of it. we kin...

>> in some instances minors, usually those with violent charges, are also held at the riverhead jail. cox is housed next to a 16-year-old who jail officials say is also a crip. >> im telling you man, they cant do nothing to me. he cant do nothing to me [ bleep ]. he is like a friend of mine. i like him. he is young. he looks up to me. i be kind of schooling him. >> they join gang wide because they are looking for protection, theyre looking to belong to something. it is mostly prevalent in the yo...

King arthur: charge! ♪ let your reign begin. evony, the mobile game. download now. inside the suffolk county jails riverhead facility, curly received to days of segregation for starting a fight with an inmate worker he said was withholding meals from him. now surveillance cameras capture ed him in the white t-shirt attacking another inmate. >> coming through. >> we have a guy down. >> officers deployed pepper spray to subdue tuter and leetd

You can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. one of the most unpredictable locations of the suffolk county jails riverhead facility is the booking department. >> this is probably the most volatile area in the jail especially because this is where it hits most inmates that im

>> commissary! >> the limited dining options have are grown smaller. >> i told everybody no more franks and beans. fellow, no more franks and beans. franks and beans are done. >> any suggestions? >> what are your suggestions? >> filet mignon? yeah, open the door. >> the riverhead facility is one of two jails operated by the suffolk county sheriffs office. each houses more than 700 inmates who depend on commissary snacks to supplement three meals a day provided to them. >> its all about the price...

Riverhead jail. cox is housed next to a 16 year old who jail officials say is also a crip. >> im telling you man, they cant do nothing to me. he cant do nothing to me [ bleep ]. >> he is like a friend of mine. i like him. he is young. he looks up to me. i be kind of schooling him. >> they join gang wide because they are looking for protection, theyre looking to belong to something. it is mostly prevalent in the youth, 16, 17, 18 year olds here for the first time, scared. looking for safety and s...

At the suffolk county jails river head facility on long island most of the correctional staff said they are vigilant in monitoring the activities of inmates. but now the recent increase in violence between the two gangs, the bloods and crips, officers must be especially alert to signs of trouble. sergeant investigator lundquist heads up the jails gang unit. one training tool is called a shank board, a collection of lethal weapons suffolk county inmates have crafted from evidence items. >> most o...

>> that guy that got down here, the crip, he knows hes a crip but he wont admit it. >> riverhead is operated by the sheriffs office and house a combined total of about 1,500 inmates. the majority are only charged with crimes but awaiting trial in the resolution of their cases but nearly all of them feel the impact of gangs. >> another day in paradise, i guess. >> got like four positive hits today john, one crip, latin king, two bloods. >> combatting activities is up to a team of investigators in...