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| Mixed messages for new correction officers |
| By capitalnewyork.com- Colby Hamilton |
| Published: 06/30/2015 |
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The Department of Corrections on Monday promoted its largest cadre of cadets yet under commissioner Joseph Ponte, one week after the city announced a settlement in a class action lawsuit that seeks to bring greater scrutiny and policy changes that will effect the day-to-day jobs of correction officers on Rikers Island. Yet the ceremony at Brooklyn College offered a dueling message for the 363 newly minted correction officers. One was from Ponte and his team, who spoke of a new and improved D.O.C., one that was committed to creating a different culture among its staff and focused on making safety the top priority, both for correction officers and inmates under their watch. The other came from union officials, including Norman Seabrook, president of the Correction Officer Benevolent Association, who criticized the settlement and the press as focusing only on one side of the story of the problems at Rikers—the correction officers—while ignoring the challenges and dangerous faced by those same C.O.s. Read More. |
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