Sentences with phrase «by correction officers»

A new report details sexual abuse by correction officers during unlawful strip searches, as well as other troublesome visiting conditions.
But none of these measures, the report said, address the core problems: abuse by correction officers and a lack of accountability.
The bill, which Mr. de Blasio says he supports, would compel the department to publish quarterly reports that include information about the number of inmates in solitary confinement, their length of stay and whether they were injured, sexually or physically assaulted, or subjected to use of force by correction officers.
Bronx state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Democrat, is demanding that state corrections officials conduct a «comprehensive review» of all violent incidents committed by correction officers.
The Associated Press reported that almost 30 percent of injuries reported as being caused to inmates by correction officers between April 2012 and April 2013 involved blows to the head — which are supposed to be a last resort tactic because they can be fatal.
Rikers Island, one of the largest U.S. jails, which can house up to 15,000 inmates, has gained notoriety over the past year for a culture of violence, including attacks by correction officers on prisoners and the deaths of multiple inmates in custody.
At the same time, the report determined «basic security functions» were not being followed at the North Country prison, including a failure by corrections officers at the front gate to search employees» bag entering the prison, nightly counts of inmates not being conducted at the times, searches of cells that were deemed inadequate and the poor supervisor of inmates by employees and security stagff.
In New York's prisons and jails, simple menstruation supplies like pads and tampons can become bargaining chips, used to maintain control by correction officers, or traded among incarcerated women, according to former inmates and advocates on the issue.
Suicide attempts are being misclassified by correction officers as «individual inmate disturbances» at the Erie County Jail.
«This office is committed to ensuring that incarcerated people are treated fairly and protected from abuse by the correction officers sworn to both guard and protect them.»
He was stopped outside of the doctor's office by a correction officer and told the doctor was not available to see him, after which Spear and officers began fighting and he was pronounced dead at the scene soon after, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
In her effort to bolster investigations of guards, Ms. Clark formed a public integrity bureau and made it responsible for examining allegations of misconduct by correction officers.
A potential strike by corrections officers and staff throughout the Ontario Province has been averted.
The Jamesville jail for convicted inmates, which is run by the corrections department and staffed by corrections officers, would be put under the control of the sheriff's office, which already runs the downtown Justice Center jail for prisoners awaiting trial.
For the issue surrounding post-release supervision in the raise the age discussion, the proposal is to have a panel of officials determine whether a discharged individual should be overseen by corrections officers or the Office of Children and Family Services.
The Aug. 4 report, released by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, said that the civil rights of teenaged inmates were violated by correction officers» routine beatings for minor infractions, as part of «a deep - seated culture of violence» that permeated Rikers and also affected adult inmates.
«Brian Fischer is a nationally known and respected corrections professional who is held in very high regard by corrections officers and officials.
The city's jails and its Department of Correction have been in a harsh spotlight for the last two years, amid investigations from the press and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that alleged a culture of brutality by correction officers, climbing violence between inmates, and pledges of reform from Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner Joseph Ponte.
Leahy Scott points in particular to allegations that some inmates at Clinton - Dannemora prison were beaten and threatened with torture by corrections officers following the escape.
Two inmates were strapped to gurneys, taken to a clinic in a mental health unit and beaten so badly by correction officers that blood splattered the walls and witnesses described feeling sick to their stomachs.
The partial report recounts how after the prison was overtaken by the authorities — primarily State Police and National Guardsman, augmented by correction officers — inmates were beaten as they lay on stretchers or marched through a gauntlet.
In her State of the City address Thursday, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito referred to shutting down the Rikers Island jail as a «dream,» a comment later disparaged by Correction Officers» Benevolent Association president Norman Seabrook as a «fantasy.»
Jail administrators routinely change reports issued by correction officers on violence within the jail.
A few months ago, the editors of Rockland Voice published a letter that was written by corrections officers who had either recently retired or had resigned as Rockland County Corrections Officers.
for 11 days before he was allegedly beaten to death, according to a corner's report, last December by corrections officers.
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.
ALBANY — A Bronx lawmaker is demanding that state corrections officials conduct a «comprehensive review» of all violent incidents committed by correction officers.
Inmates are subjected to regular beatings by correction officers, according to a class action lawsuit.
Rikers Island has been under a harsh spotlight for the last two years, following investigations from the press and a scathing report by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, which outlined what he deemed «a culture of violence» against young inmates by correction officers.
Last October, the city settled a class - action lawsuit brought by Rikers inmates alleging civil - rights violations and excessive - force incidents by corrections officers.
Rikers has gained notoriety over the past few years for its culture of violence and corruption, including attacks on and by correction officers and a number of inmate deaths.
Friday's lawsuit, by the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association union, cited an incident that left correction officer Tiffani Dublin with «severe spinal chord injuries» after getting punched multiple times by an inmate.
The report found rampant use of excessive force by correction officers, the overuse of solitary confinement and an ineffectual system of investigating assaults by guards.
State Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Democrat, (c.) called for a «comprehensive review» of all violent incidents committed by correction officers.
And its closure would provide a firm break from the history of brutal violence on Rikers Island by inmates and, particularly, by correction officers that resulted in a 2015 federal court settlement.
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