Seeking Drugs and Weapons, Rikers Officials Lock Down 6,800 Inmates for 34 Hours MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and MICHAEL WINERIP The lockdown, which confined more than half the inmates at the Rikers Island jail complex to their cells, was an effort to curb growing gang violence. March 5, 2015 at 12:00AM http://nyti.ms/1aLWnr9 http://nyti.ms/1M8c49E The New York Times N.Y. / Region Gangs, Drug Abuse and Traffic

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and MICHAEL WINERIP via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. N.Y. / Region http://nyti.ms/1aLWnr9 Seeking Drugs and Weapons, Rikers Officials Lock Down 6,800 Inmates for 34 Hours March 5, 2015 at 12:00AM http://nyti.ms/1M8c49E The New York Times