City violates detainees’ right to counsel, attys claim

City violates detainees’ right to counsel, attys claim

Public defense attorneys alleged on Tuesday that the Department of Correction consistently violates the rights of detainees by making it difficult for them to meet with their lawyers while being held on Rikers Island.

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Jails oversight board blasts DOC for quietly opening new restrictive unit

Jails oversight board blasts DOC for quietly opening new restrictive unit

The city’s jail watchdog board bashed Department of Correction leadership Tuesday after the agency failed to tell them about a new punitive housing unit opened in alleged chaotic fashion last week.

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