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| How to Stop an Explosion of Violence on Rikers Island |
| By citylimits.org- David A. Fullard |
| Published: 05/07/2014 |
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Amid a sharp increase in fights and injuries, a former corrections officer lays out a plan to avoid more bloodshed. Rikers Island jail has had a horrifying explosion of violence and group beatings in recent years: slashings, stabbings, broken bones, noses, eye sockets, jaws… even deaths. Inmates and correction officers alike have had fingers bitten off, been stabbed with pens and makeshift knives, and brutally beaten in gang attacks. According to the Times, "Over the past decade, the use of force by correction officers has jumped nearly 240 percent, even as the daily population has declined by almost 15 percent…" Read More. |
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