Aiming to Decarcerate Rikers @Harry Siegel @NYDailyNews

Photo:  As part of the settlement of Nuñez v. City of New York, a 2011 class-action lawsuit filed by Rikers Island detainees, federal monitors periodically report on use of force across the jail complex. This image from the Eleventh Report shows at least 12 officers in a recreational area responding to two detainees who refused to be handcuffed. ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE NUÑEZ INDEPENDENT MONITOR, from  Nuñez v. City of New York, a 2011 class action suit filed by Rikers detainees.
See:  https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doc/downloads/pdf/First_Report_Nunez_Independent_Monitor_5.31.16.pdf


Aiming to Decarcerate Rikers   @Harry Siegel @NYDailyNews