By comparison, there were more than 20,000 in city jails in the early 1990s, the report notes. (dnainfo.com)
Now, a team of a dozen prosecutors and two investigators is stationed on the island inside the New York City jail complex, working out of a gray double - wide trailer. (nytimes.com)
Five correction officers accused in the brutal beating of a Rikers Island inmate were convicted of all charges, including the most serious count of first - degree attempted gang assault, in a case that shined a harsh light on the New York City jail complex. (nystateofpolitics.com)