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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

Dispatch From Deadly Rikers Island: “It Looks Like a Slave Ship in There.”

Rikers Island has been notorious for violence and neglect for decades. But detainees, corrections officers and officials tell us the New York City jail complex has plunged into a new state of emergency.

Life Inside • 10.05.2021

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