Why Are Slashings Surging in City Jails? We Asked Four People With Inside Knowledge.
A detainee who was attacked on Rikers Island, a former jail mental health counselor, a former commissioner, and a juvenile detention manager: All weigh in on the crisis and what can be done.
This article was originally published on by THE CITY
The figures are grim: There were 477 stabbings and slashings in New York City jails last year. That’s up from 420 in 2021 and 121 in 2020, according to correction department records obtained by THE CITY.
There were just 40 in 2017.