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.
A federal judge dismissed a claim
by three county
corrections officers that their constitutional rights to privacy was
violated when others may have seen their medical records without permission.