New York City’s sprawling and troubled Rikers Island jail complex has been put on lockdown while authorities look for a missing inmate.
Department of Correction spokesman Peter Thorne says a search is underway in coordination with the New York Police Department. The inmate apparently went for outdoor recreation on Wednesday and didn’t return.
He was identified as Naquan Hill, 24.
Staff members noted the inmate’s disappearance around 7:30 p.m. when the headcount of inmates was off by one.
The city’s jail system has been plagued for years by a culture of violence and corruption.
A lawsuit filed by lawyers for inmates who were beaten by jail guards and joined by federal prosecutors who investigated brutality against 16- to 18-year-old inmates resulted in 2015 in a consent decree mandating the city implement a series of wide-ranging reforms.
(AP)
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What does this: “The city’s jail system has been plagued for years by a culture of violence and corruption.” and the following paragraph have to do with the escape of a dangerous crimina? Is YWN suggesting that he felt the need to run away because of the system failures. Probably had a troubled childhood as well and on top of it is a person of color picked upon just for that reason. Let one of the YWN editors offer him a home.