Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie says she can reform the jails on Rikers Island, but decades of dysfunction suggests otherwise.
Read MoreA federal judge found the Department of Correction in contempt of court on Thursday after it failed to communicate with the federal monitor about the opening of a secure housing unit in November.
Read MoreWith 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.
Read MoreCity Hall said Louis Molina would move from Department of Correction commissioner to assistant deputy mayor in “mid-November.” But in a sworn affidavit this week, Molina said he remains in charge of the agency, and doesn’t know when a successor will be named.
Read MoreA federal judge said Tuesday that her confidence in the Department of Correction’s ability and commitment to reform troubled Rikers Island has been “shaken” and that she’s open to hearing arguments about why the jail should be handed over to a federal receiver.
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