Rikers Island Physical Therapist Accused Of Sexually Abusing Inmate
Officials say the victim reported the incident as soon as he left the physical therapy session.
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Officials say the victim reported the incident as soon as he left the physical therapy session.
The city's planning commission approved the controversial proposal Tuesday. The plan calls for shuttering Rikers and setting up jails in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. tells CBSN New York he supports the mayor's plan to close Rikers Island but opposes the proposed location for a new jail in his borough.
Supporters say keeping inmates in local neighborhoods is safer, more humane and easier on families.
The two corrections officers were arrested over the weekend and suspended from their jobs.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to close the Rikers jail complex and replace it with community based prisons.
The Queens facility is one of four proposed borough based jails – the others in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan – that would reportedly cost more than $10 billion.
The 10-year plan to close the Rikers complex announced last summer would put smaller jails in each borough.
Surveillance cameras captured the fight on Oct. 5. The inmate threw the officer to the ground and then punched him several times.
A Rikers Island correction officer is facing multiple charges after police say he beat a man in Queens while off duty.
Surveillance video from a visitation room in April shows the woman holding a toddler at a divided table before reaching down and placing something into the diaper.
City officials say they envision more humane settings that would feature community space, ground-floor retail outlets and offices for inmate support services.
Officers from the New York City Department of Correction on Wednesday called on their commissioner to resign following a series of attacks in city jails.
A Rikers Island correction officer was slashed across the face on Friday night, prompting calls for change.
Another Rikers Island correction officer has been attacked on the job by an inmate. The Department of Correction's union says it's the fourth such attack in just six weeks.
In announcing plans to close Rikers Island, the city has proposed new jails in all the New York City boroughs except Staten Island.
The mayor said lawmakers have agreed to a single public review process for four proposed sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens that will include space for 5,000 detainees.
Cameras inside Rikers captured the incident, which happened inside the George Motchan detention center on Saturday.
As 1010 WINS reported, the attackers are said to be members of the Bloods and all of them were housed in a special unit for inmates 21 and younger who act out.
City and Department of Correction officials announced Tuesday that one of the nine jails on Rikers will close this summer as part of a long-term goal to get inmates into facilities closer to home.
Bronx DA Darcel Clark announced the indictments Thursday of the 15 inmates in the alleged beating of Correction Captain Awais Ghauri.
Two correction captains are being accused of cowardice, after an inmate sucker-punched a colleague at Rikers Island.
It costs the city more than $1 billion a year to run the Rikers Island jail – and the cost keeps going up, even as the number of prisoners goes down.
Brian Coll's victim, Ronald Spear, died in 2012 after he was repeatedly kicked in the head while restrained on the floor outside a jail doctor's office.
Two Rikers Island corrections officers have been suspended without pay after a prisoner escaped on their watch last week, officials announced Sunday.
