‘Haphazard, tepid, and insubstantial’ : Ahead of crucial court appearance, monitor says little has changed on Rikers Island
/A month ago, the federal monitor charged with overseeing conditions on Rikers Island said the city should be held in contempt for failing to tamp down violent conditions within the notorious jail complex. Four weeks later and just days before a consequential court hearing in a case that could see New York City lose control of Rikers, the monitor says not much has changed.
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