04Dec 2021 by Shawn Williams No Comments
NY Man Moved To State Prison All Because He stole Nyquil

NY Man Moved To State Prison All Because He stole Nyquil

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‘I’m not giving up on myself’: NY man moved to state prison after more than 850 days at Rikers, all because he stole cold medicine [embed]https://content.theredemptioncenter.org/Mark-Graham-PIX-News.mp4[/embed] LOCAL NEWS by: Jay Dow Posted: Nov 23, 2021 / 08:24 PM EST / Updated: Nov 24, 2021 / 06:52 PM EST NEW YORK — A nearly blind inmate who spent more than 850 days in a Rikers Island jail facility after stealing NyQuil cold medication was transferred Tuesday morning to a state prison, his lawyer said. Reggie Randolph’s documented mental health issues and a decades-long drug addiction have led to a complicated life, spent in and out of courtrooms and jail. “I never thought this would be a chapter in my life,” Randolph, 58, told PIX11 News on a phone call from Rikers.…
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18Oct 2016 by Shawn Williams No Comments

With an Ex-Inmate’s Help, Returning to Life Outside

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Shaun Booker, left, and Sandor Karsay are ex-inmates who live at the Redemption Center in Brooklyn. Mr. Booker, 29, said the center was more than he expected. “There is warmth here,” he said. Credit Jacob Silberberg for The New York Times     Mark Graham sat inside the low-ceilinged ground floor of a narrow Brooklyn row house. The room was plain, and his mood was calm as he reflected on a favorite Bible verse. “Seek the shalom of the city into which I have sent you into exile,” he recited, from the Book of Jeremiah. He spread his arms and looked about. There was little to behold. But it was peaceful. The first time he heard that verse, he was in exile, inside Sing Sing prison, serving 20 years to…
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