In-Depth Look At Life On Rikers Island Hell Plain And Simple

Hell Inhumane Disgusting These are some of the words used to describe Rikers Island New York s massive jail complex by Benji Lozano who spent five months there Vincent Schiraldi who was formerly in charge of the facility agrees He tells Lester Holt of rampant violence among other issues which are exacerbated by a staffing crisis NBC News recently obtained more than 100 hours of surveillance video from inside the complex The majority of those held at Rikers are awaiting trial and presumed innocent

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