NYC CORRECTION UNION LEADERS, DETAINEE ADVOCATES DISPUTE CITY CLAIM THAT RIKERS JAIL VIOLENCE IS DECLINING
Leaders of uniformed correction officers’ unions and advocates for detainees expressed surprise Thursday at the city correction commissioner’s claim that violence at Rikers Island jails has dropped in recent months. “There is a persistent and quite horrific pattern of violence persisting in our jails,” Legal Aid lawyer Mary Lynne Werlwas said at a hearing Thursday […]