Monday, August 4, 2014

U.S. Inquiry Finds a ‘Culture of Violence’ Against Teenage Inmates at Rikers Island - NYTimes.com

U.S. Inquiry Finds a ‘Culture of Violence’ Against Teenage Inmates at Rikers Island - NYTimes.com:



 "In an extraordinary rebuke of the New York City Department of Correction, the federal government said on Monday that the department had systematically violated the civil rights of male teenagers held at Rikers Island by failing to protect them from the rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force by correction officers."



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