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Locked Up

Stories from the inside.

The Face of the Rikers Federal Takeover Is a 38-Year Old Former CIA Officer

The Face of the Rikers Federal Takeover Is a 38-Year Old Former CIA Officer

Nick Pinto

January 28, 2026

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‘People’s Lives Are At Stake’: City Council Asks NYPD What It’s Doing to Prevent Wrongful Convictions

‘People’s Lives Are At Stake’: City Council Asks NYPD What It’s Doing to Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Nick Pinto

February 26, 2024

New York’s Prison Labor System: ‘You Got the Slaves, and You Got the Masters’

New York’s Prison Labor System: ‘You Got the Slaves, and You Got the Masters’

Nick Pinto

February 13, 2024

A shot of the sign in front of Rikers Island.

In Court, Rikers Officials Play For Time and Win Again

Nick Pinto

December 15, 2023

Aerial view of Rikers Island.

Many People Are Saying: Take Rikers Out of City Control

Nick Pinto

December 05, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams tours facilities on Rikers Island on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

Federal Government: It’s Time to Take NYC’s Jails Out of Eric Adams’s Control

Max Rivlin-Nadler

November 20, 2023

Rikers So Broken Even the Monitor Whose Job Is to Know How Broken It Is Now Says He Has No Idea

Rikers So Broken Even the Monitor Whose Job Is to Know How Broken It Is Now Says He Has No Idea

Nick Pinto

November 10, 2023

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

Summoned to Testify Before Watchdog, NYC Jails Chief Just Doesn’t Show Up

Nick Pinto

October 17, 2023

A shot of the sign in front of Rikers Island.

Judge Issues Another Order Telling Rikers Officials to Obey Her Previous Orders

Nick Pinto

October 11, 2023

Jails Monitor: Rikers Island Under Eric Adams is ‘Incapable’ of Reform

Jails Monitor: Rikers Island Under Eric Adams is ‘Incapable’ of Reform

Nick Pinto

October 05, 2023

When the Going Gets Tough, Rikers Head Louis Molina Goes to Europe

When the Going Gets Tough, Rikers Head Louis Molina Goes to Europe

Nick Pinto

September 21, 2023

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban and Mayor Eric Adams make a heart with their hands at Gracie Mansion.

Who’s Going to Make Eric Adams Close Rikers Island?

Christopher Robbins

August 31, 2023