Rikers Island takes On New Plan- Another Vigil For Solitary Prisoner- The Problem WIth Rikers

Last week, officials from the Board of Correction, the jails oversight board, visited Rikers Island. Dr. Bobby Cohen, a member of the Board of Correction, described the jail’s intake, “was packed with screaming people, more than 100 people, some had been there for many days.” “The mass of people, the volume of people who were not getting their medicine, not getting to court, not being able to urinate in the bathroom, because there was no functioning bathroom in two of the places, having to urinate on the floor, not getting clothing,” he that description, the city received a reprieve this week from a federal judge — who rejected the possibility of a federal receiver for Rikers Island, at least for now. The parties will be back in court in November. The judge approved the city’s Rikers action plan on Tuesday, which details how it will to attempt to turn things around. But it comes as some officials continue to lose confidence in how things are going, while others still want to see