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The attacks which happened on January 16 and February 16, respectively were both shock-and-awe assaults launched by hulking inmates that caught both officers completely off-guard, the traumatized victims told The Post this week in exclusive interviews.
A Rikers jail officer assaulted from behind by an inmate Thursday appealed to the City Council to preserve the option of solitary confinement to help curb violence.
In the aftermath of Brandon Rodriguez’s 2021 death by suicide at Rikers Island, investigators found a number of serious missteps by jail medical staff, but none resulted in discipline, according to records and interviews. That’s not unusual. Just two Correctional Health Services staffers have been disciplined in the 44 deaths reported in city jails since January 2021, agency officials .