CRISIS AT RIKERS ISLAND
Nov 19, 2021
1 minute
C.J. CIARAMELLA
RIKERS ISLAND, THE infamous jail complex where New York City has incarcerated people since 1932, has always been a problem. But in 2021, the institutional rot and dysfunction cascaded into a full-blown catastrophe.
As of October, 12 inmates that inmates in one segregated intake unit were locked in small showers and given plastic bags to defecate into.
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