Federal takeover being considered at Rikers jail complex
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After years of failed attempts to reform Rikers Island, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday will consider whether to put New York City’s sprawling and troubled jail complex under control of the court.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain in 2014 appointed a federal monitor but Rikers, part of the New York City Department of Correction, remains plagued by staffing problems, physical deterioration and violence.
Fifteen inmates died in custody last year and three have died so far in 2022.
There were more than five dozen stabbings in March alone.
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