The reality on Rikers Island is that there are 5 corrections offers for every 3 incarcerated people.
That's 7 times the national average.
It is a myth perpetuated by @NYCCOBA1 that Rikers is understaffed used to justify the hiring of more jail guards.
That's 7 times the national average.
It is a myth perpetuated by @NYCCOBA1 that Rikers is understaffed used to justify the hiring of more jail guards.
https://twitter.com/georgejoseph94/status/1491778536990035971
Of course almost 2,000 of them call in sick or are AWOL every day, so that reduces their numbers, but that still leaves a ratio of 1 corrections officer per incarcerated person, four times the national average. thecity.nyc/2021/7/11/2257…
Rikers guards have left housing units with almost no staff, have left their posts and watched as people have died by suicide to justify their campaign to get the city to employ more guards. nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-c…
If you want to understand why I find it morally and ethically problematic for lawyers like @joeyjacksonesq and @VillalonaLaw, who represent COBA and advocate for their policy positions, to go on TV as legal analysts without disclosing this conflict of interest, this is why.
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