Judge to DOC: Who is in charge?
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Who is in charge of the city’s troubled Department of Correction? The judge considering whether or not the city is capable of running Rikers Island wants to know.
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Rikers monitor says city should be held in contempt
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The Department of Correction should be held in contempt of court for its inability to keep the people who are held and who work at Rikers Island safe, the court-appointed federal monitor said in a damning report released Monday.
Read MoreMayor launches task force to fix Rikers
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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 MoreCouncil grills Rikers leadership
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Lawmakers blasted Department of Correction officials for the crisis in the city’s jails Wednesday during a budget hearing.
Rikers staffing still a wreck: Federal Monitor
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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.
Monitor’s report puts past six months of chaos on Rikers into context
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“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.”
Crisis on Rikers begins to cool, monitor says
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“The risk of harm to both incarcerated persons and staff in the daily operations of the jails remains high.”
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Judge orders city to take action on Rikers
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“This order is a necessary and important step.”
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