New correction commissioner promises to work better with oversight board

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New correction commissioner promises to work better with oversight board

Top officials at the city’s Department of Correction and its independent, citizen watchdog group the Board of Correction took the tenants of the new year to heart on Wednesday, promising to have a more collaborative and less confrontational 2024 than they did 2023.

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Board of Correction sues DOC over revoked video access

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Board of Correction sues DOC over revoked video access

The Board of Correction, the citizen watchdog board charged with providing oversight to the Department of Correction, sued the agency in an effort to regain unfettered access to video from within Rikers Island after DOC brass revoked the board’s ability to view it remotely earlier this year.

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