The objective of the NYC Correction Department should be to provide a safe environment for staff and inmates without violating the law. As a 29-year veteran and former Commanding Officer of the Intelligence Bureau, I submit to you that we have lost control of our jails.
For the past five years, media coverage has shown the brutal assaults on staff and inmates. It should be obvious that the objectives of the Department cannot be accomplished unless the officers are in control of the jails. Yet this is no longer accepted as a basic premise.
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