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Victor Woods, 53, died of a bleeding ulcer after a week at Rikers on drug possession charges.

Rudolph Richardson had to beg a jail doctor to put his severed finger on ice, according to a lawsuit.

Anton Liverpool exposed himself to a young woman in Bushwick in January, police said.

The woman was attacked in Washington Heights on Christmas morning, police said.

The number of fights and assaults have increased 65 percent since 2007 as spending jumped 42 percent.

The councilman sponsoring the bill was impacted by a friend who spent significant time in solitary.

The city DOC's overtime cap is 57 hours a month, nearly twice what it was in 2010.

DA Richard Brown wants an unused jail next to the courthouse to house his team.

Four Rickers Island correction officers were arrested for their involvement in the cover up.

The victim was fighting with two active correction officers, police said.

Michael Crowe, 48, was charged with burglary after a security guard caught him, cops said.

A Department of Correction bus was struck by a car on the interstate Wednesday.

Rosalyn Wilkes, 43, pleaded not guilty to charges she chatted to her gang-member boyfriend while on duty.

The rapper has been at Rikers Island for nearly eight months, serving a gun possession sentence.

After pleading guilty to corruption charges in November, Bernard Kerik is on his way to a federal prison.