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Rikers Island jail violence not addressed, NYC should be held in contempt: Fed monitor

July 10, 2023

Rikers Island jail violence not addressed, NYC should be held in contempt: Fed monitor

Charles O’rear/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge should consider holding New York City and its Department of Correction in contempt for failing to adequately address security, management and discipline at the problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex, a court-appointed monitor recommended Monday in a new report. The recommendation followed the monitor’s conclusion “that the […]