#‘Worst they have ever been’

#‘Worst they have ever been’

“#‘Worst they have ever been’” Hundreds of jail guards and their supporters launched a mass protest near Rikers Island on Monday blasting what they called the worst working conditions in the history of the notoriously dangerous lock-up. “They are at the breaking point,” Correction Captain Association President Pat Ferraiuolo told The Post of his union…

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#Rikers inmate attacks jail guard with feces

#Rikers inmate attacks jail guard with feces

“#Rikers inmate attacks jail guard with feces” A Big Apple jail supervisor was attacked by a Rikers Island inmate and smothered in feces, law enforcement sources told The Post.  Captain Nauvella Lacroix was working the night shift on Wednesday around 9:45 p.m. when inmate Arthur Brown started hurling the brown muck at him from inside…

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#Manhunt on for inmate who escaped floating NYC prison barge

#Manhunt on for inmate who escaped floating NYC prison barge

“#Manhunt on for inmate who escaped floating NYC prison barge” Authorities are hunting for an inmate who escaped from a floating prison barge in The Bronx overnight, police said. The inmate, believed to be in his 30s and approximately 5-foot-8, 220 pounds, escaped the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center, on Halleck Street, sometime after midnight….

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#NYC corrections officer charged with gang assault

#NYC corrections officer charged with gang assault

“#NYC corrections officer charged with gang assault” A New York City corrections officer was arrested and charged with attempted gang assault, police said Friday.  Jimmy Wu, 28, was picked up around 9:40 a.m. on Friday for the June 27 attack, cops said.  The officer, whose been with the agency since 2017, is accused of participating…

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#Off-duty NYC employee charged with assaulting his wife

#Off-duty NYC employee charged with assaulting his wife

“#Off-duty NYC employee charged with assaulting his wife” An off-duty city employee is under arrest for allegedly punching his wife in their Queens residence, police said. Cops collared city Department of Corrections Officer Rene Richards, 34, shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. Richards is accused of punching his 33-year-old spouse in the face during…

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#Rikers inmate escapes through fence before being recaptured

#Rikers inmate escapes through fence before being recaptured

“#Rikers inmate escapes through fence before being recaptured” A Rikers Island inmate put the jail on lockdown Friday morning — after escaping through a hole in a fence, law enforcement sources told The Post. The 20-year-old inmate, identified as Jorden Hewitt, slipped out of the recreation yard just before 9:45 a.m., according to sources. Hewitt,…

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