Riker’s Island
A Riker’s Correction Officer Fired After Her Husband Shot Her In The Face
On December 21, 2013, Janine Howard, a 40-year-old Rikers corrections officer, wasreportedly shot in the face by her husband, Brian Martin, another corrections officer, after a domestic dispute in their home on Long Island. Howard suffered permanent nerve damage and critical injuries that necessitated the complete reconstruction of her jaw and her eye socket, the placement of plates in and around her mouth. Martin, who has a history of violence, was immediately arrested, and pled not guilty to charges of attempted murder last January.
But, at a Downtown Manhattan law firm on Friday, the story was what happened afterward.
Sitting with a few reporters, myself included, Corrections Officer Benevolent Association President Norman Seabrook, Mercedes Maldonado, Howard’s lawyer, and Howard passed around copies of a petition that was filed against the Department of Corrections and Corrections Commissioner Joseph Ponte on Tuesday, alleging that the agency in charge of Rikers unlawfully terminated Howard once she returned to her job this past December, without any reason given whatsoever.
Rikers Island Is As Terrifying As Ever
In August, the US Attorney’s office described what it saw on Rikers Island as a ” deep-seated culture of violence” against teenagers. It was a portrait of doom at New York’s most notorious detention complex that ultimately led to a federal lawsuit against New York City and plans to end solitary confinement (starting next year) for teenagers held there under the age of 21.
Bobby Shmurda’s Phone Call Disconnected As He Speaks To Hot 97 From Riker’s Island
Bobby talked about a recent incident him and Rowdy Rebel got into inside of jail and denied anything that had happened in the studio the day the cops raided, and before he could elaborate any further about how the NYPD had it out for him, the jail cut the phone off.
Got The Drop 