The judge found that conditions have only continued to worsen at the jail complex, setting up a potential federal takeover.
on Wednesday that New York City officials have failed to address violence and use of force in the jail complex, paving the way for a potential federal takeover.
“Those who live and work in the jails on Rikers Island are faced with grave and immediate threats of danger, as well as actual harm, on a daily basis as a direct result of defendants’ lack of diligence,” Taylor Swain wrote, referring to the City of New York and its Department of Correction. She added “that the remedial efforts thus far undertaken by the Court, the Monitoring Team, and the parties have not been effective to alleviate this danger.
“The court’s recognition that the current structure has failed, and that receivership free from political and other external influences is the path forward, can ensure that all New Yorkers, regardless of incarceration status, are treated with the respect and dignity guaranteed to them under the law,” the public defender organization said in a statement.
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