In-Depth Look At Life On Rikers Island: ‘Hell, Plain And Simple’
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Hell. Inhumane. Disgusting. These are some of the words used to describe Rikers Island, New York’s massive jail complex, by Benji Lozano, who spent five months there. Vincent Schiraldi, who was formerly in charge of the facility, agrees. He tells Lester Holt of rampant violence, among other issues, which are exacerbated by a staffing crisis. NBC News recently obtained more than 100 hours of surveillance video from inside the complex. The majority of those held at Rikers are awaiting trial and presumed innocent.
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Rest In Heaven Khalif Browder 🙏🏿🕊
Rikers Island treated him unfairly and did 3 years there for no reason & ended up being innocent the whole time. When he came home he just wasn’t the same person he was at 18 & took his life at 23. I’ll never forget him
Khalif Browder experience the Wickedness of this world, how cruel people in power can be,
Rest easy Brother 🙏🏼
Rip🙏
I will always remember this story... So sad🙏🏾🙏🏾
I mean why? He had to of gotten a nice settlement
Boo hoo
The ultimate irony . . . . a guy who committed inhumane crimes calling Rikers inhumane.
L😂L
Wow.. I didn't expect the two people who were high level employees at rikers to be so honest and forthcoming .. this weirdly made me feel more hopeful for humanity
please. such BS ... dont like the jail, don't break the law.
@@user-zv7jq7hq1plol if ya really think you need to break the law to land in prison... You just do not know jackshit about policing 🤣
The fact that it had zero effect apart from that same model of neglect and sadism is the standard for prisons in America. Apparently they're all like that now. I have zero hope for humanity, because we take a crisis and expand upon it to make it profitable at the cost of countless lives. Riker's is a death camp, it is still a death camp, and it is still being used to put innocent people with fingers crossed that they die before a judge can see them, let alone order release.
Union boss belongs in that jail himself.
We’re still effed
Not making court? That is crazy. Weren't the judges wondering why incarcerated defendants didn't show up in their court rooms?
A lot of people will say don’t commit crimes but you have to understand their are innocent people there too who have yet to be convicted . NY has a slow court system and people sit in jail for years awaiting trial just to have the case dropped . Not everyone in jail has been convicted .
Doesn’t the city have a separate correctional facility where non violent offenders could be placed while awaiting trial.. ? Why would you place a non violent such as drug offenders with violent offenders. .?
@@rebeccaabel4589 no they don’t . Everyone goes to rikers .
@@rebeccaabel4589 no!🤣🤦🏾♂️
@@rebeccaabel4589 ill give you a hint
It makes violent offenders out of non violent offenders, violent offenders typically do more time, more time means more funding, more funding means more money that can be skimmed off the top, more money skimmed off the top, happy prison owner.
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Rikers Island isn't the only place like this
Rikers is the most dangerous and painful jail complex in America
Exactly just about every country jail in country is like this.
@@johnnys3499 not really!
heres an idea dont be a criminal lmao
@@themidwestexplorers5370 you dont have to be a criminal to go to jail dude. These people havent even had a trial.
World would be a whole lot nicer if humans just respected each other.
@Austin Would be a whole lot nice if the Prison-Industrial Complex didn't exist in America!!
Sounds great. But there will always be bad guys/girls. Period.
You would get a thumbs up brother but there's enough curruption at the top of the court system.
Can't do the time don't do the crime!!! If those prisoners respected people they wouldn't be there!!! No mercy!!
Rehearsed answers
Love how the blame is just passed around.
Considering guards only show up two out of three days, I'd say we can start by blaming them for one third
It's called "Progressivism".
@@russellknippel1877 That's what you get with Union Labor.
You love it? I’d rather love pizza and beer
For the 3% of those that are there unfairly, I feel for you. For those that harmed someone and ended up here, welcome home.
3%? You think New York City has a 97% conviction rate?
@@V1KTOR33 You don’t understand numbers. That doesn’t imply a conviction rate percentage. The conviction rate can be 40% for all we know but of THOSE, is what my statement refers to.
You don't get it, most people at Rikers have never been convicted of any crime. Most never will be. The average detainee at Rikers will be incarcerated there for a year and a half before they ever see a preliminary trail judge to get a hearing date. many if convicted receive sentences for less time than they have already served waiting to go to trial. So if you are not rich the NYC justice system works like this. Be accused of a crime, get arrested, go to jail, serve your sentence and then go to court to be adjudicated guilty or innocent. If guilty go straight home from court because you have already over served your adjudicated sentence. All of which is totally unconstitutional yet the city and state get away with it. Because the victims of the system are poor.
@@charlieramz3126 doesn't mean they are innocent, a case getting dropped doesn't mean they didn't do anything wrong
3% lol ya right try 10%
This prison is the reason why crime is so rampant in New York. This prison so handedly created these monsters and then put them back in society. These men became worse criminals after experiencing rikers Island than before they went in. You want to talk about the cause of crime and poverty and violence in our city? You can point the finger right at our justice department. There is no kind of control or understanding of how to house these prisoners and keep them from becoming worse prisoners.
That makes no sense, most of the street criminals are not ex Inmates of rikers
How about instead never relaes them. This should be a life prison
Then never give family's the bodys if they have 100+ year sentence bary them on grounds and only after there time is up they can be dug up and sent to family
Blame the prison and not the behavior of the criminal that ended up there. Rikers Island would be 100 safe if inmates were kept locked in cells and not free to roam around attending activities like they are in a college campus. Rikers Island is safer than any housing project in the hood and these inmates know it.
Well you think you can do better go apply and work there. Being a former corrections officers in Texas these people literally throw urine, feces, seman, or whatever. These guys are scum.
@@zodiac31081 How many years did you put in?
I know people who worked there who would had rather been in the military on the front lines during war time. The inmates, system and staff will break you down.
Neither employees or inmates should have to worry about losing their life or being victims of horrible violence. When even the guards are saying the place is inhumane, that says something.
True
Guards are a big part of reason it's so bad.
If conditions are inhumane for inmates, they’re inhumane for COs, too.
But the COs deserve it more
The cos do their shift and go home😂😂🤨
@@Chiraq-773 You clearly don't understand that abusing and inhumane conditions won't lower crime. Our recidivism rate is over 50 percent, and the conditions in prisons are so bad that the UN issued the United States an inhumane prison conditions violation. Prisons like Norway prisons which focus on rehabilitation had much lower recidivism rates at about 20 percent, these prisons are much more humane. Just look at pictures of Norway prisons to see what they look like and then compare them to United States prisons.
@@Chiraq-773 It clearly isnt working since most inmates reoffend. Treating every criminal like an animal is foolish
@@Chiraq-773 yep
I went to San Diego county jail for 5 days before i could make bail and it was the worse thing i’ve ever experienced. They had 5 of us sleeping in a 2 bunk cell, CO’s barely ever came into the unit and when they did it was to apprehend somebody. Jail is not for anybody who has a conscience and that’s just what it is.
You should just stay out of trouble my boy . Would of never happened if you just behave lmao
@@kaylajeronimo5862 Yeah, because people are NEVER wrongfully arrested
@Hunter Bidens Laptop 💻 SMH..DONT GET CAUGHT SLIPPING MY FRIEND OR NOT 🚭🚫
@@kaylajeronimo5862 You do know that the US has by far the highest rate of wrongful arrests and corrupt police of any modern G7 country. Even Japans "you are guilty until proven innocent" policy arrest and incarceration is far lower than the US.
@@kaylajeronimo5862 you could hit someone with your car any day and go to prison.
Who would have thought?
People who act like animals on the streets would act like even worse animals once locked up together.
Murderers & rapists forfeited any human rights when they stopped being human.
Turn up to work and be assaulted and not given the tools and security you need to be safe as you do your job? Yes, I think this can lead to high absenteeism.
absolutely, but i think the point he is trying to make is that anyone with unlimited overtime is likely to abuse it at some point in some manner. this is honestly just one piece thats wrong with the whole puzzle. cant have poor living conditions and over crowding. thats definitely management and higher ups on that one
When you hear that this island that houses more prisons than any other prison on every state in the U.S having poor conditions over crowding,Thats to show that their is no maintenance their to fix up the prison or even upgraded ones in a while,Obviously it doesn't have to look pretty it's just needs to look nice and clean with no paint pulling off.They shouldn't have to let any prisons rot like that which the ones that are rotted should be shutdown and build a better prison that can at least help people which needs a behavior class and give them a inside community job that can keep them busy and obviously a T.V so the inmates won't go crazy with out one and let them outside to let them walk around and play basketball besides being in a little cage bring outside doing nothing. America prisons shouldn't be like a third world country.
So don’t do it and get another job
yeah its not that simple. Guards at Rikers use their sick time to work part time security jobs. Its part of the NYC union grift mentality. The union is going to go to bat for you no matter what. They have negotiated a system designed to be easily abused so they do. However because they abuse the system it creates the safety issues that they then complain about and paying both overtime to the guards that do show up to cover for the guards that don't plus the sick pay for the guards scamming the system puts a strain on the budget leading to shortfalls for tools and repairs that they complain make doing the job less safe. The poor conditions caused by all the scamming keeps the inmates, some of them actually dangerous, in a constant state of agitation, the heat, the jail is not actually air conditioned in most inmate areas, lack of food and fear for their safety do to a lack of supervision creates an atmosphere of abuse leading to frequent inmate outburst creating higher than usual assaults Its a perfect circle.
@Jr Gomez they should be able to work anywhere without getting assaulted.
Don't sleep on this. Half the people locked up shouldn't be. Just a big business to make more $$.
Yep and Michael Jordan is apart of it. The irony 😂😂
Half? Lol, I see folks think their opinions are facts now. Do some real research you’d be surprised to see how low the numbers are. The victims don’t lie, they’re real, they exist, and they suffer because people like u who vote for politicians that share your views and do nothing to address the criminals. They’re in rikers for a reason these crimes aren’t made up, and the increase in violence on the streets of nyc aren’t made up either.
imo i think people should be able to hire prisoners to work for them for 1$ a hour like say you a small business and lack the funds of paying normal wages you can hire a prisoner for dirt cheap to get your funds up to hire real people overall helping our economy
Lol. This guy said half lol. Maybe 1%
@@jl8754 Its a different Michael Jordan though. Not MJ the ball player
County/ City jails everywhere are known for being worse than any prison. Imagine being on trial and not being able to make bail or no bail and spending what could turn into years in there.
Definitely don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time plain and simple
Big fuckry I’m a Jamaican by the way
@@hezzi2330 County jail is primarily for people who were ACCUSED of a crime , meaning they still haven’t been found guilty or innocent yet & are presumed innocent until proven guilty. What doesn’t make sense is if these people are presumed innocent then why are they stuck living in such horrible conditions awaiting trial? County jails are literally worse than prison & prison is where majority of the people that go are actually GUILTY.
@@hezzi2330 moron
Nobody even criminals (by the way criminals are humans not animals), don't deserve to live like this.
We’ve known Rikers has been like this for years. They need to take the L transfer the inmates and restructure the funds to other facilities….. that or rebuild a new facility. Rikers needs to be scrapped though.
Why? Can't deal with it don't do the crime.
@@zodiac31081, that's no place to wait for a trial... I'm guessing you're one of those GOP hypocrites always praising US freedom? Can't be accused of anything without waiting for 14 months at Rikers before you get to talk to a defense lawyer?
Maybe one day we can try out autonomous guards on prisoners before we bring them into society.
Demolishing a building does nothing other than propaganda, carandiru and many others around latin america are good examples, it changes nothing
The solution would be to built 3 system of temporary incarceration:
Tier one: non violent crimes facility for people awaiting for trial
Tier two: drug crimes and mild violent crimes like arm robbery
Tier three: violent crimes, gang related crimes, orginized crime etc
In all facilities discipline should be EXTREME, with people in solitary cells, conversation btwn inmates strictly forbidden and a tight schedule from 5 am to 10pm, 1 meal a day 2 mins of free time a day and mild force labour, tier one could be in soft forced labour only
Once condemn everyone is sent to their respective tier prisons and everything said previously its kept, the only change is that all tiers go into hard forced labour
Also violent crimes time should increase to make sure once they get out, they are elderly and on their way out
@@zodiac31081 What about the innocent people there? Wrongly accused, have to be put there then found innocent in court? U would take that statement back if it were to happen to u.
In other words : a third world country prison system...
Most inmates in the entire world..
imo i think people should be able to hire prisoners to work for them for 1$ a hour like say you a small business and lack the funds of paying normal wages you can hire a prisoner for dirt cheap to get your funds up to hire real people overall helping our economy
Don’t commit crimes and don’t go to jail.
If people keep their hands off other people’s bodies and property they can stay out of jail
It doesn’t matter what someone did or is accused of…they should be treated humanely. Most of these people in jail haven’t even been convicted of anything. Most of the people in jail will be getting released at some point, which means they will be back out on the street and in your neighborhood. Would you rather have someone who was treated humanely on your streets, or someone who has lived like an animal while inside?
There should be basic human decency for people. And innocent until proven guilty isn't really the case in this country because people can end up in jail for years before getting a trial. And falsely accused people do end up in jail.
Someday you’ll grow up and you’ll realize life isn’t so black and white.
You should know what you're talkin about because half of the people that sing it can't even make bail and don't even have crimes I've been convicted for doing things that they don't know so come again when you think you going to say something I hope it ain't your family member or your childhood end up in there
Get educated before you start making comments about people being prisoners in black people in dlatinos know that okay do your homework
Thank you for the honesty. I hope something changes
*End the drug war!*
Stop incarcerating non-violent drug offenders!
Prison's should be housing those that pose a serious threat to the general public!
This would shrink the population by a large margin.
@@itsFsmitty what?
@@WillIngram08 i recant my statement.
U got any weed for sale?
Which would shrink money lining the pockets of those at the top. It's always about the money
@@that.ll_do_pig Absolutely
how about letting go of the weed dealers now that its legal
federally it's not legal.
They did mostly house violent offenders I.e murder
@C. Maurice it still holds felons awaiting federal trials and extradition to penitentiaries.
"A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its prisoners." Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Dont brake the law repeatedly if you dont like jail" -Normal law abiding tax payer.
@@D.W.G. "Dear, D Gore plese learn how to spell words correctly" - any 5th grade educated person
@@kingjoe3rd You forgot a period you moron🤣
@@kingjoe3rdYou grew up on food stamps, relax...Go out and apply for a job.🤣
you're illiterate lol@@D.W.G.
High ups of course blaming the “staff” for their own incompetence. I’d call out too if I most likely would get killed on the job under those conditions
then dont do the job?
I dont feel safe in the street imagine this.........
they made the choice to go there they werent forced they went there by choice.
People make mistakes no one is perfect
the whole facility seems to be unfit - overcrowded, improperly maintained - to say the least. what kind of outcome do you expect from all that?
At this point implementing huge amount of tech into prisons is the only way to save them
The Union President was asked how to fix the problem. De Blasio cut the budget to prevent hiring more CO’s, medical staff and to repair infrastructure. Didn’t you watch the clip? Lol
Bro when I was there, we had over 50 girls in one room all sleeping on the floor and that was back in 2016. The alarms went off so many times a day and the COs would be doin reckless stuff against inmates every time.
Emilia it must have smelled lovely.
Smelling like a can of sardines lol
We had only 6 shower heads, that’s all ima say 🥸
@@davidm.1934 many cats on Rikers drawn there.
Just maintain a large enough, well-trained staff to handle the
prisoners and segregate violent
offenders from other people because,
clearly, they can't control their aggressive tendencies.
Non-violent offenders shouldn't even
be incarcerated. There are other ways to deal with them that would
penalize them for their actions with- out destroying their lives.
It's hard to believe things had to
degenerate to the extent that they
have !?
Doestoyvsky said:
"The degree of civilization in a Society can be judged by entering
it's prisons" ....
They don't pay prison guard enough
I Agree !
Part of the reason for almost ALL of
our social problems is that most of
the money in our society ends up in
the hands of a tiny percentage of the
people.
They live in unimaginable comfort and security and the vast majority
have to struggle to get by. But that's
a whole other topic for discussion.
@@josephyodiceyodice5990 that's actually not true.. but that's for another day..
the violent should have been immediately euthanised
@@chrisandrews414 oh no that is not true in NYC. In the city those are reasonably well paid union jobs, with full benefits. The issue is the way the contracts are structured you would have to be a fool or overtly dedicated not to abuse the workplace system. NYC Prison guards typically use their unlimited paid sick time to work second jobs in private security. Everybody knows about it. This means that the guards who do come to work normally get hella overtime covering for the guards who are out scamming. So you got scamming guards getting paid twice and other guards making time and a half for every hour over thirty hours. Its institutionalized grift
I feel sad for those wrongfully convicted. These guys aren't even convicted yet. When you get out you become worse mentally and if you weren't a criminal before you sure have a high probability of becoming one when you get out just because of your experience in there. So sad...
@@derekprospero Thanks for this input. Very sad indeed. Doesn't really help anyone. More self-serving at times.
Let's all pretend to be shocked that government officials and employees are completely incompetent.
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Biden's America
and this was over a year ago. the situation now is SO much worse
They clearly know the system is completely broken & Everyone knows it Rikers need to be closed! & they need a whole new system of doing things and re training they need more activities and rehabilitation something has to be done
where is the rehab for the victims ?
@@taika2 You my friend are not only spot on but make way too much sense for many of the idiots here that care more about these criminals.
There is also a reason why Vincent Schiraldi contract has been determined, when deBlasio left. He seems to be weak
R.I.P Khalif Browder 🤍 When I heard about and researched his story and seen him in clips that's when I knew he was too good for and too much of a sensitive soul for a place like that. He didn't deserve going there and it did him wrong and the people that falsely accused and jailed him have to live with that and have his blood on there hands..systematic racism is real and as alive these days although better as it was in past years. I don't know what else we can do to make it better than protest and let it be known and give it to God and pray in Jesus name🙏🏼🕊️
This should be pinged.. I just googled it and wow … no wonder why the rikers CO’s DONT SAY ANYTHING
The other problem is and probably this is the biggest one, you need to back the offices, You also need supervisors that are not going to abuse and take advantage of their rank , There needs to be an understatement with the inmates they mess up they Assault staff And there’s heavy consequences to pay.
Bernard Kerik brought judges out and charged for every felony committed within the prison.
The assaults were worse when Kerik took over in 1992...he brought felonious assault down from
over 1,500 a month to less than 20.
It could work, but not by having inmates run the asylum
You’re asking for the ability to assault COs, without penalty?
😂😂
Arent they getting doctor's evaluations and leave requested by a doctor? Just call in sick? Wow, I want a contract like that.
Come do the job then
Preach.
Put the union in charge.
@@Here4dogVids He can just call in sick. Or not.
@Kira what kinda drugs are you on? I’m gonna go ahead and guess your from a Midwest state and moved to Brooklyn while mommmy and dAddy pay your rent
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time...you think it was going to be a 5 star Island?!?!
Be that as it may they still have to fix that
@@deontaylor1547 And where exactly does it say that?!
@@dwindlefoddl7225 j
Just as a human. It doesn't make sense to run a facility in that manner. If we use your logic they should all just be put to death instead of going to trial
@@deontaylor1547 You aren't in jail to have fun...or live a life better then your victims
@@dwindlefoddl7225 You don't get it. Every crime doesn't even have a human victim lol. No worries man. Take care
Correctional officers don't wanna deal with being physically abused and under paid. One officer per 50 people is extremely dangerous.
Lies again? Remember The Name Hotel California
To criminals that are locked up in here and complain about the conditions: Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. Plus, it's a prison, not a hotel.
This is jail not prison
you obviously missed the point. the issue isn't the people who are guilty and are there. it's a remand jail. they haven't faced trial yet. a lot of those people are innocent. criminals all not, they're still human beings and there's some basic human rights issues which aren't being met here.
@@LMentertainAUSlmao
The sick leave contract is asinine. Who in government thought that was a good idea?
How come the interview just the offenders and not the officers? He gives a mostly one sided argument with very little imput of what's causing the sick leave. Officers being assaulted etc....
That’s why the union rep stood in. They couldn’t find an officer willing to speak without “rocking the boat.” They have unlimited sick leave they seemingly can use whenever they please and have a secured job as well.
It’s sad. The issue is general public have many issues that are more important like healthcare and education. Prison reform is low on everyone’s list except those that have experienced it. There’s little empathy there
The level of civilization of a country can be measured by how it treats its prisoners.
Just hand over Riker Island to the Military Police. They have the numbers & strength to deal with convicts.
That does nothing for the overcrowding...
I swear I been saying this. Give them a bonus to start and I assume it would get better
Exactly thats what deblasio left im not into the whole politics thing but it gets me mad to see an administration just forget about my brothers and sister working behind the big wall
Thanks NBC for this.
I was in a jail cell in my state capital for a couple days and they had way more people on the floor than that pic. I bet this is the industry standard across the nation.
imo i think people should be able to hire prisoners to work for them for 1$ a hour like say you a small business and lack the funds of paying normal wages you can hire a prisoner for dirt cheap to get your funds up to hire real people overall helping our economy
@@themidwestexplorers5370 so we have the 13 amendment, and it’s alot like that, but they abused it by locking up an ungodly amount of black men on weed charges to make money on them from prison.
If people would actually give some of these guys a chance, like you mentioned, but treat them w respect, I wouldn’t be against this. But corporations like apple bees pay prison manufacturing to make clothes, for 20- 50 cents a day. That was just a random example. But check out Netflix show 13th amendment it’s real and eye opening
Years ago I knew a corrections officer from Rikers, he gave me several confiscated shanks.
As someone who's never been to Rikers, I can confirm everything they're saying is true.
You'll fit in with every person in the comment section.
@@FeelR4nge lol.
@@FeelR4nge 🤣🤣🤣
Facts
Don’t break the law and require going to jail.
What do you mean 1000 officers were back to work? I don't believe their salaries were ever stopped. City should sue for the money stolen through these absent officers.
that's how vicious and dangerous it was for the C.O.s they also should of been getting counseling. you could only mentally and physically survive in that place for so long seeing the violence and being pressured to participate the illegal activity due to fear. And that goes for the people awaiting trial for all levels of charges
I’m surprised by the lack of empathy reading the post. Many people are innocently in jail and these places should serve as a correction to behavior, to deter violent behavior, not encourage it
Boo hoo
Many pepl innocent in jail.. 😂😆... That's a good one..
@@steveaguinaga3821Presumed innocent UNTIL CONVICTED!
Many? Not even close.
@@redsable6119 😆😆
Who would show up to work in a place where you have to potentially watch 50 gang members by yourself, maybe get assaulted, the ones who assaulted you have no detterents, then you get disciplined for being assaulted, then at the end of your shift when you think you can go home to recharge you are told "we are short staffed so you have to do another 8 hour shift" and this is your life everyday for 22 1/2 years. No wonder so many quit.
Dear lord hope i never get in any trouble in NYC.
Or in any state!!
Tell Townsend to take up a post.
very true
NYC has some of the most inhumane prison conditions in america. the pictures in the beginning really resonate to anyone who has been incarcerated in this city. i was in a holding cell with 10 other women and "HELP ME" "THEY STARVING US" was scratched into the walls
@Donnell Okafor You are correct. That fool worries more about the criminals than the damage they left to their victims! A real fool!!!
I'm sure all of you were innocent
I truly feel bad for some of the inmates. The system is broken. For a simple shoplifting charge it's a minimum of five years.
NYC doesn't prosecute shoplifters. It's the D.A. policy not to.
Who WOULDN'T take sick leave, if their safety is in jeopardy on a daily basis?
I know the only thing I can do is make sure I stay outta trouble and stay free
That's a fact! Do not commit crimes and you would not end up in these inhumane places... Plain and simple.
just wait buddy. its gonna be you someday
Fk'd up when you're innocent AF. Guilty until proven innocent. Better knock on wood.🤔😂😂😂😂
Stop and think before speaking. Simple concept. These are individuals waiting for trials and couldn't make bail because they can't afford it. System is made to suppress the poor. Man people can't be this dumb.... Right?
@@drakes4625 imo i think people should be able to hire prisoners to work for them for 1$ a hour like say you a small business and lack the funds of paying normal wages you can hire a prisoner for dirt cheap to get your funds up to hire real people overall helping our economy
Riker's is a prison within a jail within a fight club with no staff
Don’t. Commit. Crimes.
As of January Rikers is under new management.
Would be better to do this report after several months, because what you see is now is the result of deBlasio administration.
Have a look after a few months if Adams can make it better.
This didn't age well
on one hand he said they weren't abusing sick time and at the end of the show they made a point of saying officers are starting to work normal hours since the new guy took over.
maybe the union rep wants to revise his answer...
He won’t do that lest the corruption of unions and their deals become too obvious.
Many people don't even know this is a jail and not a prison because of how long people stay there
As someone who has many friends in LE, the biggest issue with many prisons is lack of professionalism amongst the staff. You can't run a well-controlled, disciplined establishment if your staff does whatever they want. Corrections officers need to be paid better, trained better but held to a much higher standard of conduct with much more severe penalties for failing to meet that standard.
And from a friend who works at Riker's, yes, staff abusing sick leave was very much a thing. He had been there for six months as a CO in 2021 and said that the abuse of sick leave existed both before and after the new contract and that it was so widespread that CO's would joke about it. Discipline is critical in LE, the military or any similar job field. His opinion, going there as a CO after six years in the Army, was that there was a complete lack of discipline and accountability amongst the staff. The problem is, how do we hope to have inmates that will be rehabilitated if there isn't basic discipline and accountability amongst the corrections staff overseeing them?
The majority of the staff are Hispanic and blk. Whenever that's the case, these problems arise.
You have to commit an extremely violent crime to be sent here, due to the extremely lax enforcement and catch and release policies. For that reason alone, l don't care that someone who has victimized other ppl is treated harshly in jail
Because Americans don't have the stomach for what ACTUALLY works:
-- LABIR CAMPS
-- CHAIN GANGS
PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE!!!
....90% sucess rate guaranteed!!
I'm disgusted. You can't treat animals like that, let alone people. Many of these people haven't even been convicted of a crime. This is what happens when you have a policy of mass incarceration.
Something needs to be done!! I am surprised no inmates, Correctional Officers or Family Members have brought a Lawsuit against The City yet!!
Something should be done? Well go in there yourself and do something about it. I could fukn care less unless someone is falsely imprisoned
There was a lawsuit from an inmate.
He was killed right after the settlement.
There tons of lawsuits against the city
There have been MANY Lawsuits over the years/Decades
@@sarah_lee5150 Yes he killed himself. He spent 3 years in Rikers Island and was beaten by Guards and other inmates and it was all documented with Video.
Jeez he looks like a every day guy u would see at a law firm or a nice restaurant worker not knowing he was in prison it just shows u can look very classy and be a convict and not even know the person next to u just got out
Just got out last week, for an " accused broken phone ",
conditions are way worst.
Truth be told.
If people keep doing this to prisoners, when they get out they will be more angry and oppressed. Will commit more extreme crimes. Or worse, bring about a child with that same perspective repeating history all over again at an extreme level. Similar to what we are seeing now in cities like NY and Philly where random crimes are getting to an extreme.
We have prisons full of drug users and dealers, victims of the war on drugs. America has more prisons and jails than all countries combined, in some cases its a business as there are privately owned prisons. Even micheal Jordan has stakes in one.
Totally agree. I hate there is abuse in jails and prisons and that includes all criminals.
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 You want Correction staff and strangers correct the bad parenting and upbringing these people got! Totally Ridiculous.
@@joejohnson2478 That was not what I meant.
@@joejohnson2478 Well I’m glad they made it better. 30 to 40 arrests? 6 arrests before doing any time. Wow. I guess they usually get a fine or probation the first few times. In most cases I mean.
Mmm a prison that inmates don’t want to be in???? This might not be a problem but a solution.
People are dying here in Maine in small ,few hundred inmate, County jails ......from lack of staffing....mental health needs..substance use disorder.....I can't imagine cities like NY,Philly,LA,Atlanta.....our correctional systems need HELP
PUT THE CRIMINALS TO WORK!!
-- labor camps
-- chain gangs
-- nice pink jumpers
-- PROFILE PROFILE PROFILE
....these things bring actual justice.
ANYTHING ELSE...is a failure.
I was both a guard and a prisoner here on several different occasions.
This needs systemic change from the ground up. Almost literally. First, most of the people in Rikers have yet to see their day in court. They cannot afford bail, which is targeting low-income and black and latino communities. Second, even some inmates serving time are doing so after being convicted of nonviolent crimes, including drug crimes. Third, let's not forget the scarily high percentage of people who are wrongly convicted.
Yes, there needs to be renovations done in the complex. Yes, we need more staffing and assurances that will ensure there will not be a staff shortage at any given time. But first and foremost, we need to fix our criminal justice system that targets low-income POC, redefine sentencing for nonviolent crimes and drug crimes, and give everyone their day in court before being sent to one of the worst prisons in America. Guaranteed half of those inmates don't belong there.
Done already, everything you mentioned has been addressed in bail reform that went into effect in 2020. Only people in rikers are the ones that committed violent felonies ie : murderers, rapists, assaultive individuals, those in possession of drugs, high ranking gang members, now idk about u but the average person doesn’t care if they don’t make bail because they need to be off the streets. The percentage of persons wrongfully accused is extremely LOW, I wish people when stating their opinions consider the facts as well as the victims. So yes we need rikers reformed into clean state of the art facilities with REAL accountability and penalties for these dangerous crooks housed there, they’re too idle they need work not video games to keep them busy.
@@Qiturah801I'm sorry, did we watch the same video? Also, like I said, people with non-violent related crimes should not be there, including drug possession and theft. You should look at the facts regarding how many white people are incarcerated vs POC and who is able to pay bail and the percentage of white people vs POC are convicted. And what are the prison sentences for the same crime because I bet you it's different. Also the number of wrongly convicted people are mostly POC who had no evidence against them except an racist criminal justice system.
@@phoenixluk we absolutely did watch the same video, what I’m trying to understand is why YOU think someone shouldn’t be placed in jail because they’re a poc. Idk what ethnicity the criminal is, they need to go to jail, idk if they can’t post bail that’s the consequence of being a criminal. Can’t pay the bail, do the time, don’t do the crime. Now once again, the only people housed in rulers are VIOLENT offenders, do u live under a rock or out of state, there’s literally blatant theft everywhere without consequence nor jail for the thieves, however the ones suffering are the employees who are losing their jobs and the businesses that can’t afford to stay open. But hey U advocate for criminals so you obviously don’t care. If they’re wrongfully accused then they’re released then paid. Majority of crime committed are done in black and brown communities, we are suffering at the hands of gangs, we don’t need soft handed approaches
Amen
@@phoenixluk Regardless of whether or not low income people are housed at Rikers is missing the point completely. Perhaps if they didn't commit the crime they wouldn't go there. Many actually live better at Rikers than from many of the projects they came from.
Law enforcement, prosecutors and judges should be required to do 1 year behind bars before they start the job
Not a year. But a month
1 week should be enough
Just like the boot camp 90 days.
That's just dumb. Criminals are criminals and deserve to be punished
@@superduper8583 most people on rikers haven’t been convicted.
I went through the Academy in California and my instructor told us the prison runs as smoothly as the inmates want it to….
So what are they not providing the staff that makes them feel so powerless that they call in sick all the time? I didn't hear any information shared regarding that.
Here's a thought, don't be a criminal and you won't have to live in those "inhumane" conditions.
Didn’t watch the video, eh?
@@williamwilson6499 watched enough to know that I have zero sympathy for folks that don't belong in society whining about how badly they're treated when they're taken out of society and shoved into a cage. Probably something they should have through of when they were assaulting or stealing from other people and got sent there in the first place.
By thinking this negatively you bring such suffering and degeneration upon yourself. Lapsus hominis ponit in uia sua.
@@alexxchavezee sorry bud, I'm not a liberal that thinks criminals should be coddled. My belief is people that think they should are the ones that truly bring suffering and degenration about, only in typical fashion it's not just on them but on others that have to pay for their beliefs.
@@rreno496 there's people in their for shoplifting and dwi not everyone is murderous. What do you think happens when a guy goes in for jay walking having to deal with all these conditions he has to obviously adapt and become prey or predator a now he's back in society potentially a even worse criminal
No sympathy at all for criminals... They act like animals, treat them like animals.
Your blind faith in the justice system is admirable. Ignorant, but admirable.
@@ray.shoesmith but by definition the justice system should work. In a perfect world all justice is served. Unfortunately that doesn't exist and millions fall into the cracks of the system.
You could try "not being a criminal"??? That keeps you well out of places like that?
jail is always inhumane. anyone that's been to a county jail will tell you that.
Most of them deserve to be there 🤷♂️
Prison system is very corrupt makes me sick
I spent a 4th of July at Rikers with Benji....kool dude..glad to see you out
Oh I feel so sry for the punks that killed Junior, the a$$hole that killed Kristal, n the other one that killed that Asian woman, they deserve better......not!!!
what about the more than 40% of rikers inmates who have not been convicted of anything yet and are simply awaiting trial because they can't afford bail???
@@kidkique ask the new york mayor,
preach….i feel the same way….inhumane is how they treated the innocent victims….
@@kidkique how many were charged with minor non violent offenses like drug dealing, prostitution, robbing stuff worth under 50$, etc?
@@slapshot68 all these are crimes tho..
It’s made for scums of the earth that’s what prison is supposed to be not a luxury apartment
preach…. you have my vote….
its a jail, not a prison. a lot of these people have not been convicted yet. also, prison and jail are supposed to be about REHABILITATION, not creating worse criminals
All the inmates I met in the Anna M. Kross Center in 2001 wanted their trials to end and to receive their sentence, so they could go to prison where it is much nicer.
They have been talking about this for years and yet nothing has been done
Just ask yourself why they were there in the first place. Saints they are not.
And I'm certain you are one
Rikers should be closed ASAP!
Jesus. This would be unacceptable in any country in the world. In America it is an utter disgrace. Shameful.
You would think this would make people not want to be criminals
It's prison - not summer camp
Prisons are REIT's, they pay investors most of the profits in the form of dividends, leaving little capital left for improvements. They were taking about changing that a while ago. What happened?
Some are, most aren't. Rikers is owned by the New York Dept. of corrections.