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| Federal monitor to oversee reforms at New York's Rikers Island |
| By globalpost.com |
| Published: 06/19/2015 |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal monitor will oversee reforms at New York's Rikers Island jail complex as part of a settlement between the city and the U.S. Justice Department of a lawsuit over systemic civil rights violations against teenage inmates, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for New York's southern district, joined a class action suit in December against the city after an investigation into the treatment of teenage male inmates. The source, who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly, said the agreement would call for the appointment of a federal monitor but did not confirm any other details of the settlement. Read More. |
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