Sentences with phrase «over jail conditions»

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Rikers Island has come under greater scrutiny over the last several months after reports about conditions at the jail surfaced.

Federal prosecutors plan to sue New York City over widespread civil rights violations in the handling of adolescent inmates at Rikers Island, making clear their dissatisfaction with the city's progress in reining in brutality by guards and improving conditions at the jail complex.

Cuomo and de Blasio have been feuding almost continuously over issues ranging from conditions in the subways and city jails to funding at the New York City Housing Authority.

«The district's move was brought about by the pressure generated over the last few months from parents, school communities and educators,» he said, adding that it would «ameliorate some of the horrible conditions that educators face in the actual teacher jail rooms.»

So in effect, the sentencing function is turned over to the Crown as a way of coping with, increasing pre-trial jail populations, bad jail conditions, and case loads.