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6 COs Suspended After Rikers Escape Attempt

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 6/26/20

The suspension of six Correction Officers after two attempted escapes by a Rikers Island inmate within a couple of days is just a coverup for “management failures,” the president of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association said. 

Elias Husamudeen said Department of Correction brass, including Commissioner Cynthia Brann and Chief of Security Kenneth Stukes, should bear the brunt of any fallout from the attempted breakouts.

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