The troubled history of Rikers Island
‘Overworked’ Rikers guard pocketed over $170K in bogus OT while vacationing, staying home: fedsWorkers from the city’s Department of Correction squirreled away hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of unused equipment — and built themselves a makeshift lounge replete with leather sofas, a big-screen TV and a mini-fridge — inside an abandoned jail on Rikers Island, according to a recently-unearthed city investigation.
When they inspected the building in October 2020, investigators found a mammoth cache of pristine DOC equipment — including $100,000 in tools, $450,000 worth of air filters, 17 snow blowers and $230,000 worth of lockers that, at one time, were supposed to be installed at DOC facilities to “boost morale,” the report said.
The jail also had asbestos and lead contamination, which were likely exacerbated by collapsing ceilings, chipping lead paint, cracked walls and sunken floors.
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