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- ↑ "DOC Facility Addresses". www1.nyc.gov.
- ↑ "Foreword of Anna M. Kross' Report on 12 years as NYC Correction Commissioner -- 1 of 4". www.correctionhistory.org.
- ↑ "This is Rikers". The Marshall Project. June 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Stabbings and slashings by facility". www.vitalcitynyc.org. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ "Anna M. Kross Center | Correction Officers' Benevolent Association, Inc". www.cobanyc.org.
- ↑ "NYC DOC - Rikers Island - Anna M. Kross Center (AMKC)".
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