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Study Reveals How NY Judges Undermine Bail Reform

Study Reveals How NY Judges Undermine Bail Reform

Nick Pinto

January 13, 2025

58 posts (Page 3)

‘Something Can and Must Change’: The Long Process to Take Rikers Out of NYC’s Control Has Begun

‘Something Can and Must Change’: The Long Process to Take Rikers Out of NYC’s Control Has Begun

Nick Pinto

August 11, 2023

Caleb Ganzer stands for a portrait outside his restaurant on Centre Street.

A Sommelier Almost Torched His Future. A Diversion Court Gave Him a Second Chance

Adam Robb

August 11, 2023

Ahead of Crucial Hearing, Rikers Monitor Says Adams Administration’s Jail Reforms Are ‘Haphazard, Tepid and Insubstantial’

Ahead of Crucial Hearing, Rikers Monitor Says Adams Administration’s Jail Reforms Are ‘Haphazard, Tepid and Insubstantial’

Nick Pinto

August 07, 2023

The Rikers Monitor Is Finally Fed Up With the Adams Administration

The Rikers Monitor Is Finally Fed Up With the Adams Administration

Nick Pinto

July 11, 2023

A picture of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan

Epstein Killed Himself, With the Help of a Broken and Neglectful Federal Prison System

Nick Pinto

June 29, 2023

Joshua Valles sitting in a park smiling and drinking an iced coffee.

A Friend Remembers Joshua Valles, Who Died After Suffering a Skull Fracture on Rikers

Nick Pinto

June 20, 2023

DOC Commissioner Louis Molina testifying at a City Council hearing last fall.

The Adams Administration’s Clumsy Campaign to Downplay Violence on Rikers Island Backfires

Nick Pinto

June 13, 2023

Cover-Ups, Half-Truths, Secrecy and Contempt: Watchdog Report Shows How Rikers Officials Are Making Court Oversight Look Like a Joke

Cover-Ups, Half-Truths, Secrecy and Contempt: Watchdog Report Shows How Rikers Officials Are Making Court Oversight Look Like a Joke

Nick Pinto

June 09, 2023

An aerial view of Rikers Island.

Rikers Officials Said Joshua Valles Had a Heart Attack. His Autopsy Revealed a Fractured Skull

Nick Pinto

May 30, 2023

A Federal Judge Allows the Fatal, Dickensian Farce on Rikers Island to Continue

A Federal Judge Allows the Fatal, Dickensian Farce on Rikers Island to Continue

Nick Pinto

April 28, 2023

Anti-ICE organizers in front of Rensselaer County jail demanding its closure, October 15, 2022.

She Spoke Out Against Mistreatment in a NY Jail. Then ICE Put Her Back Inside

Victoria Law

April 27, 2023