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New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Agrees to Federal Consent Decree, Reforms

Loaded on Sept. 2, 2016 by Derek Gilna published in Prison Legal News September, 2016, page 46
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Prison Reform, Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Guard Brutality/Beatings. Location: New York.

The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City is notorious for excessive use of force against prisoners. It has been sued dozens of times by prisoners, prisoners’ rights organizations and even the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Prison Legal News has reported extensively on the numerous problems at Rikers, ...

 

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