Margaret Garnett, the commissioner of the city’s Department of Investigation, will resign Nov. 10 to become the No. 2 official at the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office.
In N.Y.C. Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force
More than half of the roughly 270 correction officers disciplined over a 20-month period lied to investigators or filed incomplete or inaccurate reports.
The city jail system, including the notorious Rikers Island complex, has long been a source of complaints of brutality by guards. Credit.Richard Perry/The New York Times
April 24, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
One New York City Correction officer struck a jailed person in the face for no legitimate reason. Another put a detainee in a banned chokehold several times. A third failed to stop subordinates from using unnecessary force, according to newly released discipline records.