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Liza Jessie Peterson is putting on a play about maintaining friendships with people behind bars.

A Harlem restaurateur was sentenced to five years for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he had no intention to open a jail on Staten Island as part of the plans.

"We must close the jail complex on Rikers Island. Period," the independent commission wrote.

Sixteen prisoners are seeking $1 million each in damages from the city, according to the lawsuit.

New rules were adopted Tuesday as to how city jails will handle sexual assault cases.

COs April Jackson, Tyrone Wint and ­­Captain Moises Simancas beat inmate Gabino Genao in 2012. 

Stanley Young said she had been bullied and threatened over her gender identity before the assault.

Documents show an ongoing study of closing the jail, including something called 'Project Sean Connery.'

Ekwan Hill is currently jailed at the Manhattan Detention Complex in Lower Manhattan.

She realized she'd been duped when she found out her friend wasn't actually in jail, police said.

"I don't want money. I'm going to rape you," Earl Nash told Nenegale Diallo during the attack, she said.

The officer, an inmate and an associate of the inmate were charged May 31, the Bronx DA said.

Patricia Howard smuggled drugs and cellphones into the Manhattan Detention Complex, authorities said.

If you'd never noticed the jail on subway maps, you will now.