A court-appointed monitor is urging a federal judge to initiate contempt proceedings against New York City to coerce the city to urgently improve its handling of its troubled massive jail complex.
RelatedAccording a federal monitor, Rikers Island jail complex is failing to meet a court-ordered requirement to properly clean and maintain its facilities.
"The pace of reform has stagnated instead of accelerated in a number of key areas," Martin noted, "meaning that there has been no meaningful relief for people in custody or staff from the violence and the unnecessary and excessive use of force." "Every single day the constitutional rights of people in city custody are being violated," said Kayla Simpson, an attorney for the Legal Aid Society, which represents detainees on Rikers Island. Adams, meanwhile, has repeatedly touted the success of his efforts to improve conditions on Rikers Island, pointing to a reduction in slashings and staff absenteeism since he took office and appointed Department of Correction Louis Molina in January 2022.
In recent months, the monitor has detailed numerous violent incidents that jail officials allegedly neglected to report, including the death of a detainee who was originally said to have suffered a heart attack, but was later discovered to have died from a skull fracture.
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