wardens typically deal with this, not the number two at doj and that "most federal inmates facing state charges are held in likers. experts tell us this is nearly unprecedented. manafort's team argue this case is not like most other inmates so these comparisons it don't really matter they say. we've done several reports on the horrific conditions at rikers on "the beat," the allegations of staff abuse, staff negligence, there was a beating of an inmate to death. i pressed the top federal prosecutor of new york about the conditions and he told me it may it be time to close it is rather than try to reform it. today the trump doj suddenly take aginterest in protecting an inmate from likers as the trump administration hosts kim kardashian at the white house just last week and all of this can obscure something that's really important. when and how do they care abouts who in jail? what about inmates who are not