Department of Correction officials “have taken a few positive actions” to address acute disorder inside city lockups, particularly on Rikers Island, but turmoil persists, with use-of-force instances by staff a significant barrier to respite inside the jails, a Federal monitor said in an Oct. 14 status report.
Because of “the depth and dimension of the problems, these actions have not materially abated the high risk of harm prevalent in the daily operations of the New York DOC to both incarcerated persons and staff,” the monitor, Steve Martin, and his team, wrote U.S. District Judge Judge Laura T. Swain about DOC's efforts.
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