Mamdani taps ex-con to lead NYC jails as Rikers remains under federal oversight
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Democrat Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appoints Stanley Richards as corrections commissioner, making him the first former inmate to lead the city's jail system.
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"Stanley will make history in this role as the first ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as commissioner," Mamdani said. "I will turn to Stanley as we work to build a city where justice is at the heart of our corrections system," the mayor added.
Richards was convicted of robbery in the late 1980s and served roughly two and a half years on Rikers Island before spending an additional four and a half years in state prison, according to reporting from Gothamist and NY1. He was released in 1991.
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