Latest Articles Tagged "prison assault"
Fifteen officers are charged with abusing women at the state’s only prison for females.
Nearly six months after a damning government report about abusive conditions at the state’s women’s prison, Governor Phil Murphy hasn’t nominated a corrections commissioner or selected a prison ombudsperson.
The arrest comes as Rikers Island has struggled with a spike in violence.
Samuel Harrell Died In Prison After A Visit From “The Beat Up Squad.” Why Has No One Been Held Accountable For His Death?
"They killed him," Harrell's widow, Diane, told Gothamist. "And everybody in that prison knows they killed him and they're still getting away with it."
According to new data from the NYS Department of Correctional Services,