Everyone's getting in the act.
https://politicsny.com/2021/09/15/at...investigation/
New York State Attorney General Letitia James told PoliticsNY Wednesday that her office is now looking into some of the allegations of severe living conditions at Rikers Island.
“We’re specifically looking at the suicide rate, and the conditions,” James said. Though the attorney general was not present for a recent tour of the prison facility, where several politicians said they witness an inmate attempt suicide, she is stepping in to look at the controversy.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sept. 14 announced his emergency measures for the facility to make sure that corrections officers show up for work, and is already being criticized for acting too late.
Corrections officers will face unpaid suspension if they do not show up for work, and they are already calling in sick in record numbers.
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