Less than a week before the city is required to prove to a federal judge that it should remain in control of Rikers Island, Mayor Eric Adams announced the creation of a citywide task force he says will get the dysfunctional jail under control.
Read MoreLawmakers blasted Department of Correction officials for the crisis in the city’s jails Wednesday during a budget hearing.
Another damning report on the conditions inside the Rikers Island jails was released, outlining pervasive pitfalls and mismanagement that has contributed to the continued crisis inside the city’s jail.
“The Department’s decades of poor practices has produced a maladaptive culture in which deficiencies are normalized and embedded in every facet of the Department’s work.”
“The risk of harm to both incarcerated persons and staff in the daily operations of the jails remains high.”
Read More“The Monitoring Team remains concerned.”
Read More“This order is a necessary and important step.”
Read More“COBA has created a problem of its own doing.”
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