A federal prosecutor said Monday his office is seeking to have control of New York City's trouble-plagued Rikers Island jail taken away from Mayor Eric Adams' administration, calling conditions there a 'collective failure with deep roots.'
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said Rikers"has been in crisis for years" over several mayors' administrations and leaders of the corrections system and he favors a court-appointed outside authority to take charge of the complex.
Adams has resisted the idea of a federal takeover of the system and has said his administration has been taking steps to stabilize Rikers, which was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams said his office would pursue contempt proceedings against the city after a court-appointed monitor last week filed a report saying the city hadn't met its obligations under a series of court orders pertaining to conditions inside Rikers.
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Feds seek takeover of NYC's trouble Rikers Island jail complexA federal prosecutor said Monday his office is seeking to have control of New York City's trouble-plagued Rikers Island jail taken away from Mayor Eric Adam's administration, calling conditions there a “collective failure with deep roots.'
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