Weeks after a federal report chronicled the assaults of teenage inmates by guards at Rikers Island, Florence Finkle, the commissioner overseeing investigations at the jail, resigned. (nystateofpolitics.com)
The investigator, Florence L. Finkle, is leaving less than a month after a damning federal inquiry chronicled assaults on teenage inmates by guards at Rikers, and criticized the division she oversaw as «ineffectual,» «understaffed» and biased in favor of correction officers. (nytimes.com)
This month, federal authorities probing guards» use of force against teenage inmates sued the city to institute reforms. (nbcnewyork.com)