Holding Rikers Officers Accountable: An Almost Impossible Task

When Mark Nunez, a teenager detained on Rikers Island, filed his lawsuit against the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) in 2011, he ignited a now decade-long quest for reform in New York City jails. Nunez’s claim that a DOC captain viciously beat him with the assistance of other uniformed officers resulted in a class-action lawsuit and, later, a consent decree aimed at stemming excessive use of force by the jails’ staff against people in custody.

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