Councils slams city over overcrowding at youth detention centers

Councils slams city over overcrowding at youth detention centers

Leadership for the city’s two juvenile detention centers faced heavy scrutiny by the City Council during an oversight hearing on Monday after recent reports found that children under their supervision were without bedrooms and missing classes.

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‘Who could I tell?’: Council grills DOC after victims detail sexual abuse on Rikers

‘Who could I tell?’: Council grills DOC after victims detail sexual abuse on Rikers

Around a year after hundreds of lawsuits were filed against the Department of Correction by New Yorkers who said they were sexually abused while incarcerated on Rikers Island, top officials in the DOC attempted to convince fuming lawmakers on Thursday that they were taking the allegations seriously.

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