{"id":435457,"date":"2022-04-22T03:19:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T00:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/federal-takeover-of-rikers-island-isnt-a-bitter-pill\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T03:19:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T00:19:35","slug":"federal-takeover-of-rikers-island-isnt-a-bitter-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/federal-takeover-of-rikers-island-isnt-a-bitter-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"#Federal takeover of Rikers Island isn&#8217;t a bitter pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24d4f1b0bf2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24d4f1b0bf2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/federal-takeover-of-rikers-island-isnt-a-bitter-pill\/#%E2%80%9CFederal_takeover_of_Rikers_Island_isnt_a_bitter_pill%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Federal takeover of Rikers Island isn&#8217;t a bitter pill&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFederal_takeover_of_Rikers_Island_isnt_a_bitter_pill%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Federal takeover of Rikers Island isn&#8217;t a bitter pill&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams is better off seeing calls for a federal takeover of the Rikers Island jail complex as an opportunity, not a threat. <\/p>\n<p>In a six-page letter to federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain, Southern District prosecutors call for \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointment of a receiver with independent authority to implement sweeping reforms.\u201d The US Attorney\u2019s Office has been pushing for improvements since 2015, but Mayor Bill de Blasio only let things grow far worse as he chased dreams of new jails rather than fixing the one the city has.<\/p>\n<p>Last year saw 16 deaths of Rikers inmates; three more have died so far in 2022. Slashings and beat-downs of inmates and guards by out-of-control gang members occur regularly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have witnessed how others have failed, now give me a chance,\u201d Adams says. But the  \u201cgenerational problems\u201d he cites at Rikers aren\u2019t so easy to fix \u2014 especially since the correction officers\u2019 union is part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Union work rules desperately need reform. Amid the pandemic, sick-leave abuse \u2014 more than 1,400 correction officers out on any given day, with no obligation to prove illness \u2014 put lives at risk, including COs and other jail staff as well as detainees.<\/p>\n<p>A receiver can suspend the terms of collective-bargaining contracts; Adams would have to get tough with a union that\u2019s a natural part of his political base.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/RikersCorrection.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Department of Corrections is in desperate need of reform after reports of chronic absenteeism from officers.\" class=\"wp-image-21995945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/RikersCorrection.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/RikersCorrection.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/RikersCorrection.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Department of Correction is in desperate need of reform after reports of chronic absenteeism from officers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steven Hirsch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To be clear, the Department of Correction needs reform from top to bottom: Management is horribly dysfunctional; accountability, utterly absent. Adams says Correction Commissioner Luis Molina is the man to turn things around, since he did good work as jails chief in Westchester. But Molina\u2019s already made some highly questionable choices.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, he tapped as his driver CO William Aviles, a poster boy for sick-leave abuse who claimed illness more than 160 days last year. And he made Capt. Davelle Williams \u2014 who still has an open disciplinary case and in 2020 pleaded guilty to drunk driving and running another car off a Long Island road \u2014 the head of his security detail.<\/p>\n<p>And, in an apparent bid to appease the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, he also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2022\/1\/4\/22867708\/eric-adams-jail-commissioner-pushes-out-acclaimed-investigations-head\">replaced DOC\u2019s chief of investigation<\/a>, who worked closely with the court-appointed federal monitor to review use-of-force incidents against detainees going back five years.  <\/p>\n<p>Instead of digging in his heels, the mayor needs to undo everything de Blasio did wrong \u2014 and a receiver would be a huge help. 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