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A Rikers Officer Had Sex With a Detainee. It Took 7 Years to Fire Him.

The officer also asked the woman to cover up that another Rikers guard sexually assaulted her.

News • 11.28.2022

Why So Many Jails Are in a ‘State of Complete Meltdown’

Overcrowding, violence and abuse proliferate at jails across the country, as staffing problems make long-simmering problems worse.

News • 11.04.2022

I Spent Over 40 Years Working in Corrections. I Wasn’t Ready for Rikers.

Rikers Island jail complex “reflects our nation’s racist and destructive fixation on imprisonment,” writes former New York City jails commissioner Vincent Schiraldi. “It’s Exhibit A for why we need to end mass incarceration.”

Life Inside • 10.28.2022

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