A unit in charge of responding to emergencies at Rikers Island has a tendency to exacerbate situations, with correction officers putting incarcerated people in chokeholds, spraying them with chemicals and hitting them on the head, according to a report.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A unit of correction officers in charge of responding to emergencies at Rikers Island has a tendency to exacerbate situations, with officers putting incarcerated people in chokeholds, spraying them with chemicals, and hitting them on the head, according to a federal monitor who oversees the facility’s operations.
“A group of incarcerated individuals were attempting to comply with multiple and conflicting commands from the many [Emergency Services Unit] officers,” according to the report. Instead, as the detainees were grouped together “in close quarters,” officers standing above them on a stairwell doused them with chemical spray, prompting them to scatter. At that point, chaos ensued, with officers inflicting pain on “multiple individuals.
After the incident, officers filed incomplete reports about what happened, and the “problematic issues” were not identified in a subsequent department investigation. The current leader of the Emergency Services Unit is expected to be replaced soon, according to the monitor. Still, other members of the unit who were previously removed due to “poor conduct” are back on the team, the monitor said. In addition, the number of department employees assigned to handle investigations involving use of force has plummeted by nearly 50% since 2020, the monitor found.
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