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Violence by Rikers Guards Grew Under Bloomberg
The portrait that emerged from the report on Rikers Island by the United States attorneys office in Manhattan last week was of a place with almost medieval levels of violence, meted out with startling ferocity by guards and their superiors.
The two-and-a-half-year investigation, which focused on the abuse of teenage inmates by correction staff, was exhaustive in cataloging the brutality. But a critical question that went unaddressed is how conditions were allowed to get to this point.
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But conditions worsened substantially under the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, which reduced jail staff and failed to curb escalating violence by guards, according to former correction officials, inmates advocates and others intimately familiar with the jail.
As mayor, Mr. Bloomberg earned a reputation for being a consummate manager who leveraged his private sector experience to tackle municipal problems. But he never made Rikers a high priority, at a time when conditions were drastically deteriorating, according to people familiar with its problems. During Mr. Bloombergs last term, use of force by officers on inmates jumped by 90 percent, according to Correction Department data. Inmates advocates and public officials charged with overseeing the jails said they pleaded for the administration to address the issue.
The two-and-a-half-year investigation, which focused on the abuse of teenage inmates by correction staff, was exhaustive in cataloging the brutality. But a critical question that went unaddressed is how conditions were allowed to get to this point.
(snip)
But conditions worsened substantially under the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, which reduced jail staff and failed to curb escalating violence by guards, according to former correction officials, inmates advocates and others intimately familiar with the jail.
As mayor, Mr. Bloomberg earned a reputation for being a consummate manager who leveraged his private sector experience to tackle municipal problems. But he never made Rikers a high priority, at a time when conditions were drastically deteriorating, according to people familiar with its problems. During Mr. Bloombergs last term, use of force by officers on inmates jumped by 90 percent, according to Correction Department data. Inmates advocates and public officials charged with overseeing the jails said they pleaded for the administration to address the issue.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/nyregion/why-violence-toward-inmates-at-rikers-grew.html
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Violence by Rikers Guards Grew Under Bloomberg (Original Post)
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2020
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