A federal jail in Brooklyn is criticized for placing a detainee with open wounds and a contagious infection among the general population, making him wear a yellow jumpsuit to single him out. A correction officer details a terrifying attack by a Rikers Island detainee. The City Council is accused of downplaying the dangerousness of Rikers Island inmates. The use of solitary confinement on Rikers Island is condemned as torture by the U.N., while the ban on punitive segregation is debated. Rikers Island management reported that inmates light between 6-12 fires per day. The increase in violence on Rikers Island is attributed to the inability to segregate violent criminals for more than four hours at a time.
When the violence on Rikers Island now predictably increases with the DOC unable to segregate violent criminals for more than four hours at a time, who will you blame?
Today, the City Council is downplaying the dangerousness of Rikers Island inmates, in an attempt to re-frame them as victims instead of perpetrators. Here’s a piece I wrote last year with Rikers Island management. You decide. 👇 READ > https://t.co/d4ON8FyS3m https://t.co/4FO9RjSprZ
Today, the City Council is downplaying the dangerousness of Rikers Island inmates, in an attempt to re-frame them as victims instead of perpetrators. Here’s an interview I wrote last year with Rikers Island management. You decide. READ > https://t.co/d4ON8FyS3m https://t.co/m0Jy4bh0qu
Today, the City Council is downplaying the dangerousness of Rikers Island inmates, in an attempt to re-frame them as victims. Last year I spoke with management and they told me that inmates light between 6-12 fires per day on Rikers Island. 🔥 READ > https://t.co/d4ON8FyS3m https://t.co/vVs3o45j1l
OPINION | Banning solitary is saving lives The U.N. has designated solitary confinement as torture. But just across the East River, solitary confinement is still being used on Rikers Island, where pain is policy, Public Advocate @JumaaneWilliams writes. https://t.co/uGPZPC7dFi
I had the opportunity to sit down with Eric Shawn to discuss Intro 549 which seeks to ban punitive segregation on Rikers Island. Even after countless Corrections Officers testified against this ban, the Council doesn’t care about the reality on Rikers Island. They only want to… https://t.co/pGN6XIrTzl
Correction officer details terrifying attack by Rikers Island detainee (Exclusive) "He had this look in his eyes, like 'You’re not getting out of here if you have a pulse.'" https://t.co/UNs4Lu15Rs
A judge blasted a federal jail in Brooklyn for placing a detainee among the general population despite open wounds and a nasty, contagious infection. The detainee was made to wear a yellow jumpsuit to single him out. (Exclusive) https://t.co/U3jjp9Dx7k