Editorial: Finally Fed up on Rikers: As two advisory groups fail, US attorney says enough

Add Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams to the list of those who demand that the federal courts appoint a receiver to run Rikers Island. That was his conclusion on Monday, as the problems at the city jail keep piling up. How bad is it at the Department of Correction? Consider that on back-to-back days reporters flagged the failures of two different advisory bodies for DOC. Stories ...

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