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Brooklyn's Boerum Hill prison and a Rikers Island complex will close in 2020

11/22/2019 by Local Records Office

NEW YORK CITY — Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill prison and a Rikers Island complex will close in 2020, eliminating roughly 2,100…

R. Kelly, one of the most-popular R&B music artists has been arrested

02/25/2019 by Local Records Office

CHICAGO, IL — R. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, remained jailed over the weekend as…

Low-Level Marijuana Convictions To Be Wiped Clean In Denver

12/05/2018 by Local Records Office

DENVER, CO – Denver’s mayor announced Tuesday that 10,000 low-level marijuana convictions that occurred between 2001-2013 before marijuana was legalized…