{"id":534278,"date":"2023-01-03T01:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T22:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-inmates-who-sexually-assault-guards-need-harsher-penalties\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T01:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T22:43:20","slug":"nyc-inmates-who-sexually-assault-guards-need-harsher-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-inmates-who-sexually-assault-guards-need-harsher-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC inmates who sexually assault guards need harsher penalties"},"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-6a3f8d4ac4499\" 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-6a3f8d4ac4499\" 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\/nyc-inmates-who-sexually-assault-guards-need-harsher-penalties\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_inmates_who_sexually_assault_guards_need_harsher_penalties%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC inmates who sexually assault guards need harsher penalties&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_inmates_who_sexually_assault_guards_need_harsher_penalties%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC inmates who sexually assault guards need harsher penalties&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A Rikers Island correction officer was attacked by an inmate last month \u2014 and is now calling for prisoners to face more serious punishments for sexually assaulting guards, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The guard, a 52-year-old mom from Queens, was among more than a dozen city correction officers who were the victims of sex-attacks by inmates last year, according to data from the Correction Officers\u2019 Benevolent Association.<\/p>\n<p>In her case, a prisoner identified in jail paperwork as Joseph Cochran allegedly sl<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>ed her in the rear end so hard it \u201cpulled me off my feet,\u201d said the officer, who asked to remain anonymous to protect her privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so stunned and shaken at the same time. Nothing like this had ever happened to me before,\u201d she recently told The Post about the Dec. 18 incident in a housing area at the lockup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so baffled,\u201d she said. \u201cIt took me a minute to wrap my mind around what just happened. I felt very violated. I\u2019ve experienced inmates showing their private parts, yelling obscenities. But no one ever actually touched me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cochran, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs 220 pounds, was busted in July 2021 on burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a woman\u2019s Midtown Manhattan apartment, records show. He barged into her bedroom before her friend came into the unit and pushed him out, police said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"prisoner\" class=\"wp-image-25213078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A Rikers Island correction officer is calling for prisoners to face more serious punishments for sexually assaulting guards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A prisoner slapped the guard in the rear end so hard it \u201cpulled [her] off [her] feet.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-25213076\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>A prisoner slapped the guard in the rear end so hard it \u201cpulled [her] off [her] feet.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriele Holtermann<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"corrections officer\" class=\"wp-image-25213084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The guard is a 52-year-old mom from Queens. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriele Holtermann<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was going to rape her,\u201d he allegedly admitted to the police officer who arrested him, according to a criminal complaint against him.<\/p>\n<p>Cochran was charged with forcible touching, a misdemeanor, for the attack on the correction officer. If convicted on the burglary charge, the other rap could affect his possible sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the CO likened the charge to a slap on the wrist \u2014 and said she wanted to take her story public to try to make sure inmates face more serious punishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need them to have these guys have some form of punishment,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not right. We don\u2019t come to work to be assaulted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At least 43 women COs have reported being assaulted by inmates since January 2021, 25 that year and 18 in 2022, COBA spokesman Mike Skelly said.<\/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\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"rikers\" class=\"wp-image-25213077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joseph Cochran was the identified prisoner at Rikers who assaulted the officer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-6.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"rikers\" class=\"wp-image-25213080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Cochran has history of attempting to assault women.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Julie Jacobson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that there\u2019s more than a few happening and there\u2019s zero consequences shows that it\u2019s a problem,\u201d Skelly told The Post. \u201cTreating them as misdemeanors rather than felonies means there\u2019s no deterrence and they know they can get away with this.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 48% of COs are women, the union said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York Councilwoman Adrienne Adams, whose mom was a CO, introduced a resolution in 2021 calling on state lawmakers to make sexually assaulting a jail guard a felony. But the resolution was not re-introduced last year when Adams became council speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Former state Sen. Diane Savino, who served from 2005 through last year, introduced legislation in Albany that would have made sex assault on COs a felony, but that bill wasn\u2019t passed.<\/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\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\" corrections officer\" class=\"wp-image-25213079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/rikers-co-sex-assault-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>At least 43 women COs have reported being assaulted by inmates since January 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/ Seth Wenig<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The union head said he was tired of the inaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than thirty of our officers have been sexually assaulted since 2021 and yet instead of passing legislation introduced by Senator Diane Savino that would make these crimes a felony, instead of a misdemeanor, Albany lawmakers have voted to make themselves the highest paid legislators in the nation,\u201d Boscio said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should not reward themselves for failing to hold the sexual predators in our jails accountable for their crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His union also put two female COs who were sexually abused at the jail in a radio ad asking the city council to bring back solitary confinement last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Savino said she didn\u2019t seek re-election to join the Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 administration, but promised the legislation would be reintroduced by her successor, state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the mayor\u2019s side, it\u2019s going to be one of the issues that we\u2019re going to add to our agenda in Albany because we cannot continue to see the women who show up everyday to work in our correctional facilities be sexually assaulted and sexually harassed with impunity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The CO who was slapped in the rear said another woman jail guard who previously had her privates groped by an inmate consoled her and helped her file a report.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was in pain but didn\u2019t seek medical care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was hurting,\u201d said the officer, who stands 5-foot-3. \u201cTo be honest with you, I think I was in so much shock. It was a harder slap, like how you slap a horse to giddy up. 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