The feds should take control of the long-troubled Rikers Island jail complex from New York City, the Manhattan U.S. attorney said Monday. Damian Williams said he would ask a judge to place the notorious facilities in federal receivership to address ongoing dangers to detainees and city correction officers. Williams’ office said the decision came after a federal monitor’s report last week found .
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Former Rikers Island inmates and their supporters rallied against the latest death in the penal facility on Tuesday as the feds look to wrest control of the