Mayor Eric Adams is creating a new taskforce to address the crisis on Rikers Island. It comes just days after another detainee died in custody, and as AClineThomas reports, time is running out for the city to overhaul the jail complex.
It comes just days after another detainee died in custody, and as CBS2's Aundrea Cline-Thomas reports, time is running out for the city to overhaul the jail complex.
This task force is in response to the city being given one last chance to show its capable of reforming the jail complex, or elseMayor Adams vows to get Rikers Island under control after Department of Justice introduces possibility of federal takeover The goal is to cut the red tape that often delays progress, from getting contractors to fix broken cell doors to addressing staff misconduct.and a scathing report by the Board of Correction outlining failures surrounding the three prior deaths.The report found unstaffed housing units, the staff not conducting rounds in a timely fashion and delayed medical responses, among other things.
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