Thursday, December 2, 2021

Federal Hearing Focused On Conditions At Rikers Island

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Hearings will be held Thursday on conditions at Rikers Island, as part of an ongoing federal probe.

A New York federal court will hold a status hearing on the deteriorating conditions, including increased inmate deaths, suicides and officers calling out sick en masse.

Advocates say it’s a humanitarian crisis.

The hearing gets underway at 10 a.m.



from CBS New York https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/12/02/rikers-federal-monitor-hearing/
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