Initiating Inmates
Closing Rikers Island without oversight will expose thousands of transferred inmates to new violence
Let the
initiation begin.
The Team snatched
the bewildered young men from the van and placed them in metal cages. “Take your shirt with your right hand and
pass it backward over your left shoulder,” the officers commanded. Perplexed, the young men reacted too slowly
and quickly received blows to the head.
The officers continued ...
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