Judge: NYC jail officials have a week to make harm reduction plan at Rikers
A federal judge has issued an urgent order for city officials and a federal monitor to make a new plan for improvements at city jails — days after the monitor issuedIn a court order filed this week, Judge Laura Taylor Swain demanded the NYC Department of Correction’s leaders meet with federal monitor Steve J. Martin no later than Oct. 18 to devise a plan that can be implemented immediately “to ameliorate the unacceptable levels of harm in the New York City jails.
Martin said his investigations into Rikers and other city jails had revealed a system characterized by a “pervasive, imminent risk of harm” to detainees and staff. Judge Swain called the department’s attempt to interfere with the monitoring of the jails “disturbing.” The Department of Correction referred Gothamist to the New York City Law Department for comment. In a statement, a law department spokesperson said the city is working to comply with the judge's order.
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