Sentences with phrase «at city jails»

Martin Murphy, the highest - ranking uniformed officer overseeing Rikers Island, abruptly stepped down on Friday, the latest sign of turmoil at the city jail agency.

So far, de Blasio has addressed the ongoing problems with violence and corruption at the city jail with a set of reforms led by Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte, including ending solitary confinement for the island's youngest inmates.

RIKERS ISLAND — Five correction officers were convicted of attempted gang assault on Tuesday in the brutal 2012 beating of an inmate at the city jail.

Correction administrators used to alert ICE agents when an undocumented immigrant had arrived at a city jail.

«In an era of declining crime and detention, violence and costs at city jails should be decreasing,» Stringer said in a statement.

City Investigations Commissioner Mark Peters said Ponte spent 90 days there last year, running up thousands in gas and toll bills, and was absent from the city during 27 violent incidents at city jails — including three guard slashings and an inmate escape.

There is added funding to triple the number of intensive care mental health units at the Rikers Island prison complex and enhance health services at city jails.

As controversy swirls around the city's use of broken windows policing and the conditions at city jails, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said today the city should cut back on arrests for minor crimes, and make it easier for those arrested to make bail.