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NBC Sports
04-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Dalilah Muhammad believes 2025 will be her final season on the track
Dalilah Muhammad, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder in the 400m hurdles, believes this will be her final season on the track. 'It's going to be it for me this year. I think this will be it,' she said Thursday on the eve of the debut of Grand Slam Track in Kingston, Jamaica (Friday, 6 p.m. ET, Peacock). 'I haven't really made an announcement or publicly known, but yeah, I'm thinking one and done.' Muhammad, 35, previously said in 2023 and 2024 that she would race her last Olympic Trials in 2024 but didn't know how far into the 2028 Olympic cycle she would go before retiring. Muhammad, who grew up in Jamaica, Queens, in New York City, finished fifth in the 400m hurdles at her last NCAA Championships for USC In 2012. Twenty days later, she was sixth in her first-round heat at the Olympic Trials. She stayed in the sport, unsponsored, and in Los Angeles, financially supported by her parents. Mom Nadirah worked as a child protection specialist. Father Askia served as a Muslim Chaplain for the New York City Department of Correction and an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at the New York Theological Seminary. In 2013, she raced her first Diamond League meet while wearing shorts and a tank top that she bought on clearance at Ross Dress for Less. Over that season, Muhammad lowered her personal best time in the 400m hurdles from 56.04 to 53.83 and won the U.S. title. Then she earned silver at the 2013 World Championships, picking up a Nike sponsorship along with it. She went to the 2016 Olympics owning the fastest time in the world for the year by 1.08 seconds over her next-closest competitor in Rio. She lived up to overwhelming favorite status, winning by a comfortable 42 hundredths. 'The gold was so far from my mind; that definitely wasn't the goal going into 2016,' she said. 'I just wanted to make it as a 400m hurdler.' Then in 2019, Muhammad broke a nearly 16-year-old world record in the event, running 52.20 at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. Two months later, she lowered the record again — to 52.16 — to win the world title. She took silver at the Tokyo Games behind countrywoman Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. Both went under the existing world record. Muhammad is currently the third-fastest woman in history behind McLaughlin-Levrone and Femke Bol of the Netherlands. 'At a young age, you never know where it's going to take you,' Muhammad said Thursday. 'I think I just always had that little something that I just wanted to keep going. I wanted to push those boundaries and push forward.' Muhammad was challenged by injury in the Paris Olympic cycle. She placed sixth at the 2024 Olympic Trials. Anna Cockrell, runner-up at trials and silver medalist in Paris, used her post-race TV interview to praise Muhammad. 'You revolutionized this event,' she said. 'The impact you've had on the sport goes beyond medals, goes beyond records. Your grace, your poise, your competition, your mentorship of me. I can't say thank you to D enough.' On Thursday, McLaughlin-Levrone echoed that while sitting next to Muhammad. 'Dalilah, you truly did just change the game for all of us,' she said. 'I think just seeing you break that world record after so long of it being there, it inspired all of us. So it's truly because of just the amazing talent you have that we are where we're at now.' Nick Zaccardi,
CBS News
01-04-2025
- CBS News
5 inmates have died at Rikers Island in past six weeks, officials say
Five inmates have died at the Rikers Island jail complex in the last six weeks, officials say. At least 38 people have died since New York City Mayor Eric Adams assumed office in 2022. The New York City Department of Correction confirms Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died while in custody Monday night, just one day after his birthday. Officials say staff noticed he was visibly ill while making their rounds and provided aid and medical emergency, but it wasn't enough. The DOC commissioner said in a statement, "We share our condolences with his loved ones and will investigate every aspect of this tragedy." The mayor says an autopsy will determine the cause of death. According to court documents, Jenkins was arrested in Queens last summer and charged with burglary and criminal possession of stolen property. He had been at Rikers since July. The Legal Aid Society is calling his death "a stark reminder of the ongoing human rights crisis unfolding at Rikers Island, which houses more people with mental illness than any other psychiatric hospital in the entire city." DOC officials say Jenkins is the fifth death this year of someone in or just released into medical care from custody at Rikers. According to the Board of Correction, five people in total died at the troubled jail complex in 2024. "We give them the best medical care we can do, the best emotional care we can do, but people enter Rikers with real health issues," Mayor Eric Adams said. The Freedom Agenda, a grassroots organization in New York City dedicated to helping those impacted by incarceration, says most people in custody at Rikers have not yet been convicted and are still waiting for their day in court. "Black and Brown New Yorkers who are poor, if you get, go there for shoplifting, of course you don't have thousands of dollars to release on bail, so that's why they're there," co-director Darren Mack said. As of Monday, there were 7,106 people in custody on Rikers, the highest total since 2019. "Rikers Island is undermining public safety and wasting resources," Mack said. Recent studies show more than half of those in custody at Rikers struggle with mental health issues. "The Department of Correction doesn't have the skills or expertise to deal with the mental health crisis in our city," Mack said. According to the city comptroller's office, it costs $507,000 to house just one detainee on Rikers Island a year. "The only solution is closure," Mack said. Advocates are demanding Rikers be put into receivership, which would take authority over the jails from the mayor. It's currently under consideration for federal takeover and remains behind schedule for its 2027 closure .
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
NYC Correction Dept. set to order mandatory 12-hour tours for officers again
Still facing a stubborn staffing crunch, the New York City Department of Correction will require officers to work mandatory 12-hour tours in a number of city jails, a move immediately criticized by their union. The department last went to 12-hour tours during the 2021 and 2022 staffing crisis when hundreds of officers went sick following the pandemic. The policy was lifted in the spring of 2022. 'The department is actively exploring different scheduling strategies to address staffing challenges while improving the work-life balance for our dedicated staff,' DOC press secretary Annais Morales said this week. 'These efforts aim to ensure effective operational coverage while alleviating workload pressures, reinforcing the department's commitment to both staff well-being and the individuals in our care.' Benny Boscio, president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, said the move was hastily assembled without a 'coherent plan that would get officers relieved from their posts.' 'COBA absolutely DOES NOT support this pilot program because it is rushed and lacks the proper preparation to actually get officers relieved on time,' he said, emphasis his. Boscio laid responsibility for the plan at the feet of Senior Deputy Commissioner Fritz Frage, DOC's No. 3 official, hired in November. Frage was previously the director of public safety overseeing the police and fire departments in Newark, N.J. 'While we share the mutual goal of improving the quality of life for all officers, this is not the way to achieve that goal,' Boscio said. Frage presided in Newark during a period its police department was under oversight by a federal monitor, much like the current situation in New York City's jails. The Daily News learned of the move on Wednesday, the day that detainee Ramel Powell, 37, died in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island. But officials said the new initiative was unrelated to Powell's death, the city's first reported jail fatality in 2025. 'Our initiatives to improve scheduling and staffing practices began prior to the tragic passing of Mr. Powell,' Morales said. 'While his loss is deeply felt, the department continues to seek the best methods to care for both persons in custody and our staff.' The staffing shortage has been attributed to waves of retirements and resignations and a struggle to attract new officers amid negative criticism of the agency. From a high of 10,800 officers on average in 2017, the agency's uniformed headcount had dropped as of December 2024 to 6,004. Meanwhile, the jail population has steadily crept upward since plunging below 4,000 for a short period during the early months of the COVID pandemic. In 2023, the jail population was 5,873. As of this Feb 10, the Board of Correction said, the total headcount was 6,784 — a 15.5% increase. Then-Correction Commissioner Louis Molina predicted in February 2023 the population would rise above 7,000 in 2024. He was roundly criticized for the prediction amid calls for the city to do more to lower the jail population. The circumstances around Powell's death remain under investigation by several oversight agencies and DOC. His cause of death still has not been officially determined, though a drug overdose is suspected.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Yahoo
NYC DOC hiring for jobs with salaries up to $100K
NEW YORK (PIX11) – The New York City Department of Correction is hiring for multiple positions, including non-uniform opportunities in administration, IT, and social services, according to their career page. 'The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is dedicated to creating a safe and supportive environment while providing individuals in our care with a path to successfully re-enter their communities,' reads their website. More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State Supervises detainee meals, visits, and other activities. Completes forms and reports while maintaining logs. Communicate with fellow officers. Issues verbal orders and explanations to detainees. Safeguards supplies and department equipment. Escorts detainees. According to the notice of examination, the minimum salary for a DOC officer is $52,804 annually, and after five and a half years of service, it can reach $101,590 annually. An annuity fund A Home Mortgage Program Optional retirement at one-half salary after 22.5 years of service An annual $12,000 Variable Supplement Fund, upon retirement And educational opportunities NY State offers hundreds of jobs with competitive pay, 'unmatched' benefits There are educational requirements. Applicants should have a high school diploma with military service if they do not have 39 semester credits from a university or college. Applicants should be over 21 years of age or older. A New York State learner's permit to operate a vehicle is needed. Proof of good character and a background check free of criminal conviction is needed. Applicants need to pass a medical and psychological test. A physical testing is required. And the ability to pass a drug test is needed. For a list of complete requirements, click here. Exam No. 5301—Correction Officer is needed. The exam costs $68. New Yorkers who plan to take the exam can register here. Correction Officers must work various shifts, including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the New York City Metro area since 2021. He joined the PIX11 Digital team in 2023. You can see more of his work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
