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Detainee gangs control Rikers Island jails

BY MARC BULLARO
Posted 1/30/26

Since 2015, while the federal monitor had correction officers in his crosshairs and was preoccupied with gaslighting and scapegoating Department of Correction’s uniformed force, a dystopian “Lord of the Flies” environment proliferated and overwhelmed the jails.

Simultaneously, NYC abdicated its legal authority to keep order, which incapacitated correction officers and left a huge void in power. Without any hesitation the detainee gangs accepted the gift, eagerly filled the void and assumed control.

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