Nicholas Deml, the first-ever remediation manager appointed by a federal judge to turn around Rikers Island, released his first report on Tuesday outlining concrete steps for the city’s Department of Correction to take to fix its notorious jail complex.
Highly anticipated, much is riding on this plan for the city and for Deml — after years of previous correction commissioners failing to successfully address violence and systemic failures on Rikers Island.
What You Need To Know Nicholas Deml was appointed the remediation manager of Rikers Island in January
He released his first major report Tuesday, outlining how to start
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