What's Gone Wrong For the Rikers Island Federal Monitor

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 17, 2022

An investigation from Gothamist details the tenure of a federal monitor tasked with overseeing New York City jails. The city jail system is more dangerous today than it was before the federal monitor was installed—despite the $18 million in NYC taxpayer money that has funded the office. Matt Katz, WNYC Public Safety correspondent, discusses his reporting.

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