Rikers Island violence investigated by DOC (department of corrections). Recently Rikers Island Violence has been investigated due to a DOC Department of Corrections oversight board have clashed over how to deal with certain inmates. Rikers Island violence scrutinized by department of corrections How to deal with certain inmates has been a big issue for the DOC (department of…
Rikers CO Charged with Rape A Rikers CO was recently charged with rape. According to this news article (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/rikers-island-guard-pleads-not-guilty-raping-female-inmate-article-1.2767574) a Jose Cosme, 36, pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree rape, sexual abuse and other charges for forcing a prisoner to have sex with him inside the Rose M. Singer Center housing unit, the Bronx District Attorney’s…
Downgrading unfavorable violent statistics at Rikers Island – often claimed but finally proven! Downgrading unfavorable violent statistics rikers island There has been a downgrading unfavorable violent statistics at rikers island. NY Daily News wrote an exclusive article about the “purging” or downgrading of statistics in Rikers Island. What does this mean? What it means is simple.…
Sexual assault while at Rikers Island Sexual assault while at rikers island happens to many incarcerated people every year. We are here to help. You don’t need to be a victim any longer. As you can see from this very recent news article: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Rikers-Island-New-York-City-NYC-Guard-Accused-of-Sex-Assault-Facebook-Posts-390343251.html sexual assaults do happen and not only to women. In fact, women make…
CO gets slashed in face by inmate. co gets slashed in face by inmate. A CO (Corrections Officer) gets slashed in face by inmate. Today a CO reached down to speak to an inmate who had been locked in his cell and video shows the inmate slashing the CO in his face. The article, and video…
This link shows the graphic footage of a live stream. Its about the excessive force of an officer. It’s from a woman shooting a video recording while in the ordeal. An officer shot her husband four times. This is a sad and tragic event. Unfortunately it’s not rare. Licensed or not we simply have too many guns in…
Assaulted? slashed? cut? beaten? abused? Slip and fall? You are not alone! We can help! Just fill out the form to the right of this page and someone will help you fill out a claim so that you can get compensation and some justice for what you went through. There are numerous articles about correctional…
This recent NY Daily News article here discusses the increase in violence on rikers island (including slashings and gang related attacks) despite more money than ever being pumped into fixing it. This is evidence that Rikers needs a complete system overhaul. Closing it down will not fix any of this (in fact, once can argue it…
It is unfortunately not unheard of for the corrections officers in Rikers Island to team up with inmates. They do this for numerous reasons. Some times, the COs are affiliated with the same gang that the inmate is in. Sometimes, the inmate’s friends/family is getting the CO money on the outside. Sometimes, the CO just…
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/05/19/rikers-island-correction-officers-among-17-arrested-in-contraband-sting.html
