Verkkoa federal judge agreed thursday, aug. 10, 2023, to begin a process that could wrest control of new york city’s troubled jail system from mayor eric. Verkkoa detainee died early thursday at the rikers island jail complex, hours before the federal official appointed to monitor rikers issued his latest scathing. Verkkomayor bill de blasio and top jail officials blame spiralling chaos at rikers island and other city lockups on officers allegedly faking illness or injuries, as. Verkkoan incarcerated man died at the rikers island jail complex on oct. 5, marking the ninth death in the new york city jail system this year. Replace the rikers jails, built on decaying landfill and plagued by terrible sightlines, broken cell doors, and sewage leaks, with a new system slated to. Verkkoa status hearing on the future of rikers island is scheduled today, with activists hoping the city will be forced to relinquish control of the jail to a federal.
