Rikers monitor says relationship with DOC has ‘eroded’

Rikers monitor says relationship with DOC has ‘eroded’

With his days as Department of Correction commission numbered, Louis Molina was given a scathing review by the federal monitor charged with keeping track of violence on Rikers Island.

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‘Harm, life-altering injuries and death’: Monitor says DOC failed to report five serious incidents on Rikers

 ‘Harm, life-altering injuries and death’: Monitor says DOC failed to report five serious incidents on Rikers

Hours before the holiday weekend, the federal monitor overseeing Rikers Island filed a “special report” alleging that Department of Correction brass wasn’t forthcoming about nearly half a dozen recent fatal or near-fatal incidents in the city’s jails.

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City will remain in control of Rikers after judge accepts action plan

City will remain in control of Rikers after judge accepts action plan

Mayor Eric Adams and his Department of Corrections commissioner, Louis Molina, will remain in control of Rikers Island for at least several months longer, a federal judge ruled this week.

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