Sexual abuse investigations at Rikers languish under Adams - Gothamist
New York City’s system for investigating rapes and sexual abuse of Rikers Island detainees is failing under Mayor Eric Adams, a Gothamist review of city data shows, and the Department of Correction now faces a growing backlog of cases as city and federal guidelines requiring timely probes have been flouted. More than 45% of the department’s investigations into sexual abuse and sexual harassment allegations last year dragged on beyond a local and federal mandate that cases be fully investigated and closed within 90 days after a complaint is filed. It's a stark change compared to 2020 and 2021, when the department was fully compliant with the 90-day rule and before Adams had taken office. Correction department data on detainees’ sexual abuse allegations from the first half of 2024 is not yet available because correction officials are more than a month late in filing a required report — which is a violation of city law — according to the Board of Correction, which regulates the city's jai
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