Sentences with phrase «guards against inmates»

He held a press conference savaging the mayor and his correction commissioner on the steps of City Hall after a correction officer was badly slashed in the face, and has pushed back hard against many of de Blasio's efforts to bring reforms to Rikers Island to overcome what Bharara deemed, in a separate investigation, a culture of violence by guards against inmates.

Not exact matches

They are completely at the mercy of guards and administrators, who have to balance the safety of the inmates against the public safety risk of freeing dangerous people.

The newly elected Bronx district attorney, Darcel Clark, has vowed to aggressively pursue charges against inmates who assault jail guards.

The Bronx DA announced Wednesday that there would be no charges against the guards accused of beating Rikers inmates.

But he defended guards» responding forcibly against inmates who became aggressive.

The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, released its findings in a graphic 79 - page report that described a «deep - seated culture of violence» against youthful inmates at the jail complex, perpetrated by guards who operated with little fear of punishment.

A federal judge on Wednesday approved landmark reforms at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex that will resolve claims that guards regularly used unnecessary force against inmates.

The settlement will institute a long list of reforms, including a federal monitor, strict rules against guards hitting inmates in the head, putting body cameras on guards, and installing 8,000 surveillance cameras throughout the complex.

The Correction Officers Benevolent Association last month filed a federal suit of its own, alleging inmate violence is up 18 percent since de Blasio's decree and street gang members in custody are organizing against guards, who have been «punched, kicked, slashed, splashed with urine, feces or saliva, stabbed, held hostage, beaten severely or sexually assaulted by inmates.»

Rikers Island has seen several instances of violence perpetrated against guards at the hands of inmates in recent years.

There, Crewe is forced into taking a deal to coach a football team of his fellow inmates that will play against the prison's guards and intentionally lose.

At a Texas penitentiary, jailed NFL veterans train their fellow inmates for a football game against the guards.

Strolling out of prison with not so much a swagger as a comfortable amble, giving his farewells to inmates and guards alike and bantering with an estranged, slickly outfitted son who arranged for his early release, we immediately face a singularly independent operator about to bump up against the conformity and command of the syndicate.

Examples for violent behavior in jail are fights between inmates or assault against a prison guard.