everyone in our jails deserves to feel safe
As violence skyrockets in NYC's jails, public advocate Jumaane Williams and 38 NYC council members have passed legislation to prevent correction officers from separating violent offenders from the general population. Mayor Eric Adams has vetoed the bill, but many members of the City Council are interested in voting to override the Mayor's veto, which will jeopardize the lives of everyone in our jails.
We must stand up and demand the city council support the Mayor's veto of Intro. 549 to keep our jails safe for everyone.
Over the past three years, there have been…
Over 24,000 inmate fights
Over 6,500 inmate assaults on Correction Officers
Over 50 Sexual Assaults Against Female Correction Officers
SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Pg 81-88, 2023 MAYOR’S MANAGEMENT REPORT
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NEW YORK POST – Posted on January. 25,
If City Council wants to make Rikers less violent, it must let Adams’ veto on solitary confinement stand
By Joe Borelli
NEW YORK POST – Posted on January. 16
Federal monitor slams City Council’s move to ban solitary confinement, backs Adams
By Craig McCarthy and Olivia Land
ABC7NY – Posted on January. 11th
Inside Rikers: An Eyewitness News investigation
By Dan Krauth and Brett Cohen
New York Daily News – Posted on January 18
Reasons for restriction: Mayor Adams should veto misguided Rikers solitary bill
By NEW YORK DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD
ABC News – Posted on November. 1st
Rikers Island corrections officer stabbed 15 times in 'unprovoked, heinous and callous attack'
By Jon Haworth
NEW YORK POST – Posted on December 18, 2023
From the NY State Public Employees Conference Supporting COBA's Opposition to Intro 549
NEW YORK POST – Posted on December 18, 2023
NYC correction officers’ union uses trucks to slam City Council plan to ban solitary confinement
By Carl Campanile
amNY Schneps Media – Posted on December 17, 2023
Op-ed | Punitive segregation ban will only endanger more correction officers on Rikers Island
By Antoinette Anderson
NEW YORK POST – Posted on January 25
Rikers inmate repeatedly bashes correction officer in face, head amid fiery debate to ban solitary confinement
By Carl Campanile