A federal judge ordered the head of New York City’s jails to appear at an upcoming status conference on conditions at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex, after prosecutors said the situation had become so dire that it might be necessary to install court supervision over the beleaguered system to institute necessary reforms.
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed city Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina to attend the session scheduled for Tuesday.
She issued the order after getting a letter earlier in the week from the office of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
In the letter, prosecutors said, “The jails are in a state of crisis, inmates and
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