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The huge settlement ends a case called Miller v. City of New York which was filed in 2021 in federal court in Manhattan and claimed people were held on Rikers jails in isolation between 2018 and 2022 in violation of their due process rights. Each plaintiff in the class action suit will receive roughly $9,000, depending on how many days they were held in solitary confinement.

The green plan is a great way to ensure that Rikers isn’t used or reimagined for punitive measures ever again."

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A report released by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) argues the state could close up to nine of its 33 prisons, as well

By KAREN VELIE The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDRC) plans to layoff more than 300 San Luis Obispo County employees as it

Part of the California Men's Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo is slated for closure, state officials announced Tuesday afternoon.

By KAREN VELIE The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDRC) announced plans on Tuesday to close the California Men's Colony West

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will close Chuckawalla Valley State Prison along with specific units in six different prisons around the Central Coast.

State will support local community and workforce with an economic resiliency plan and workers will be offered transfers to nearby facilities SACRAMENTO — A

The ex-con accused of savagely beating a helpless stranger in a Queens subway station remained unrepentant about the beatdown, blaming his victim for the unprovoked attack in an exclusive Rikers Island interview with the Daily News.

The Board of Correction report focused on the six suicides and four overdoses last year and was based on interviews with detainees and staff, video surveillance and DOC and medical records.