The Department of Correction named a new official to help lead its health programming – an appointment that comes as the agency continues to face allegations that it has failed to provide medical treatment to detainees on Rikers Island.
Read MoreThe city’s Department of Correction has again been accused of not providing medical care to detainees after three law firms representing the incarcerated population on Rikers Island filed a motion to have a judge hold the agency in contempt for skirting its mandated duties.
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