A City Council committee grilled the head of the Department of Correction on Tuesday as Rikers Island grapples with its highest death toll in nearly a decade. TimMcNicholas has the story.
The commissioner also revealed Tuesday the department is considering scanning inmates' mail to keep drugs out."There was no indication that there was any on our staff to not respond as quickly as we could, which was within seconds," Molina said.DOC Commissioner Louis Molina blames de Blasio administration for problems at Rikers Island
Molina also stated Tuesday that the inmate population will not drop to 3,300 by 2027 -- a key metric for previously announced plans to close Rikers Island and replace it with smaller borough-based jails. That's a statement that concerned Councilman Lincoln Restler.The Department of Correction is expected to release a report on its progress in April of next year.
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