Adams administration should be held in contempt for Rikers conditions, federal monitor says

https://gothamist.com/news/adams-administration-should-be-held-in-contempt-for-rikers-conditions-federal-monitor-says

In his eight years overseeing NYC jails, conditions have only worsened, the federal monitor says.
#abolition #abuse #prison #profit #corruption #contempt #conditions #rikers #adams #jails #oversight #taxpayers #violence #force #guards #untrained #assault

Federal monitor: NYC should be held in contempt for Rikers Island jail violence - UPI.com

>"The current state of affairs and rates of use of force, stabbings and slashing, fights, assaults on staff and in-custody deaths remain extraordinarily high -- they are not typical, they are not expected, they are not normal," court-appointed monitor Steve Martin wrote in the filing.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/10/new-york-rikers-island-jail-report/6191689022343/ #rikersisland #rikers #nyc

Joshua Valles died after being held in custody on #Rikers Island–prompting advocates to question the circumstances that led to his passing.

Now, the NYC Dept of Correction has announced it will no longer report to the public when people in its custody die:

https://www.vera.org/news/22-people-have-died-in-new-york-city-jails-since-the-start-of-last-year

Joshua Valles died after being held in custody on #Rikers Island–prompting advocates to question the circumstances that led to his passing.

Now, the NYC Dept of Correction has announced it will no longer report to the public when people in its custody die:

https://www.vera.org/news/22-people-have-died-in-new-york-city-jails-since-the-start-of-last-year

Send #HunterBiden to #Rikers: https://t.co/mUcMTanNbZ

Hi, Allen Weisselberg! Have Fun Living At Rikers Because You Crimed For Trump, Allen Weisselberg! https://www.wonkette.com/allen-weisselberg-sentenced

#Allen_weisselberg #Allen_weisselberg_sentenced #Donald_trump #Juan_manuel_merchan #La_guardian #Rikers #Rikers_island #Trump_organization

Another person died in #Rikers today. Edgardo Mejia. He is the 19th person to die there this year.

#abolishprisons

When I was at the NY Daily News in 2015, I wrote a story with Reuven Blau bout a woman who got sexually assaulted at #Rikers - and saved a semen-stained shirt as proof.

Two guards were implicated: One was arrested and took a guilty plea in 2017.

Now - SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE FACT - the other has FINALLY been fired.

Here's the story:

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/11/28/new-york-rikers-officer-sex-fired-detainee-assault-prea