Sentences with phrase «corruption at the city jail»
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.
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Former Sen. Al D'Amato was this close to being called as a witness at the corruption trial of the former head of the city's correction officers union — which gets underway this week — over a story he has been telling for years about how the fallen jail guard rep once solicited him for a bribe, The Post has learned.
The top investigator at the New York Correction Department resigned on Friday under pressure from city leaders who are facing a federal mandate to regain control of the Rikers Island jail complex, where widespread brutality and corruption by guards routinely go unpunished.
DOI Commissioner Mark G. Peters said, «The Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau is an important step forward in addressing the violence and corruption that takes place at the City's main jail complex.