A policy of housing members of the same gang together in Rikers Island jails is partly to blame for a rising level of violence that resulted in five inmates attacking a correction officer and breaking his neck, correction unions have charged.
On Feb. 10, a Bloods gang member in the George Motchan Detention Center, angry that he had been written up for refusing to remove a window covering in his cell, walked up to the Correction Officer who did it and punched him, knocking him down. Four other inmates then attacked the officer, kicking and punching him. Two other COs came to his aid.
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