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Chief Investigator At Rikers Island Quits Amid Controversy
By gothamist.com
Published: 08/25/2014

The chief investigator at Rikers Island has left her post after a series of controversies surrounding the abuse of inmates, the use of solitary confinement on juveniles, and a federal report that threatened to place the prison under federal control.

Deputy Commissioner Florence Finkle resigned her post on Friday, a day after the City Council voted on new oversight measures for the embattled prison.

“She was told that her time was coming, so she decided to go out this way,” a source in the Department of Corrections told The Daily News.

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