The Bronx district attorney’s office has assembled a team of prosecutors to review claims of sexual assault made by former detainees on Rikers Island against jail staff in response to a Gothamist investigation. The office, which has jurisdiction over Rikers, has also established a tip line for victims. Gothamist analyzed more than 700 lawsuits filed by former detainees that describe an “endemic” culture of sexual abuse on the island — including groping, forced oral sex and rape — and accuse the... Read this story
