{"id":437962,"date":"2022-04-27T03:30:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T00:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/federal-judge-warns-doc-commissioner-about-rikers-island-conditions\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T03:30:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T00:30:56","slug":"federal-judge-warns-doc-commissioner-about-rikers-island-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/federal-judge-warns-doc-commissioner-about-rikers-island-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"#Federal judge warns DOC commissioner about Rikers Island conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a3f6c3c36db4\" 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-6a3f6c3c36db4\" 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-judge-warns-doc-commissioner-about-rikers-island-conditions\/#%E2%80%9CFederal_judge_warns_DOC_commissioner_about_Rikers_Island_conditions%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Federal judge warns DOC commissioner about Rikers Island conditions&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFederal_judge_warns_DOC_commissioner_about_Rikers_Island_conditions%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Federal judge warns DOC commissioner about Rikers Island conditions&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The commissioner of the city\u2019s Department of Correction insisted he\u2019s committed to improving conditions in New York City jails as he <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>eared before a federal judge Tuesday amid a threatened takeover of scandal-plagued Rikers Island.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Louis Molina had been instructed by Manhattan federal court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain to attend the remote hearing \u2014 where she ordered up an \u201caction plan\u201d for implementing changes in the deteriorating jail system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect real progress,\u201d Swain warned at the end of the court hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is to be drawn up by the city and Steve Martin, the Rikers Island federal monitor appointed by Swain in 2016. It needs to be filed May 17 and will be addressed at a court hearing the week after.<\/p>\n<p>The monitor and the city have repeatedly drawn up security and other plans to implement changes at Rikers Island \u2014 but no meaningful improvements have been made in the lockups, which is still plagued by violence, staffing problems and horrific conditions, the feds have argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan federal prosecutors warned last week they would request Rikers Island be taken over by an independent body if the agency doesn\u2019t improve conditions at the\u00a0disordered detention facilities.\u00a0<\/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\/molina-rikers-933.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rikers Island jail complex in New York\" class=\"wp-image-22047942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/molina-rikers-933.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/molina-rikers-933.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/molina-rikers-933.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain said she wants progress at the facility. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Seth Wenig\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s hearing included testimony by lawyers for the Department of Justice and the city, the Rikers Island federal monitor and an attorney for plaintiffs in a class action suit filed more than a decade ago over conditions at the jail complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Molina assured Swain that he was committed to making the reforms that Martin has requested be implemented on Rikers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe monitor and I are aligned,\u201d Molina said, adding that he would work to cut through red tape to solve a staffing crisis in the DOC and implement plans to tamp down violence at the jails on the island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not passed the point of no return,\u201d Molina told Swain, apparently referring to the threat of a receivership.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner asserted that he inherited an agency and jail complex rife with issues left over from the Bill de Blasio administration, which he argued divested resources from Rikers because of a political position to shutter the complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An attorney for the plaintiffs, Mary Lynne Werlwas, was skeptical of Molina\u2019s commitment to improving conditions at Rikers, where 15 inmates died last year and three have died so far in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat has transpired in 2022 alone seriously constrains the reasonableness of optimism,\u201d she said, adding that any actions taken by the city so far have been \u201ctoo little, too late.\u201d\u00a0<\/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\/molina-rikers-932.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Louis Molina\" class=\"wp-image-22047941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/molina-rikers-932.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/molina-rikers-932.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/molina-rikers-932.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Commissioner Louis Molina had been ordered to attend the remote hearing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Lev Radin\/Pacific Press\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Martin, the monitor that oversees the jail complex, said he was encouraged by Molina\u2019s leadership thus far and highlighted the fact he had drawn up a plan to deal with violence at the Robert N. Davoren Complex before he confronted him about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I\u2019ve called on the commissioner he has stepped up,\u201d Martin said of Molina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, Martin added, there are changes Molina could implement in the upcoming weeks that would make real changes on Rikers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are actions that he could take between now and three weeks just as he did in the RNDC emergency action plan,\u201d Martin said.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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