The city's correction officers union is backing Mayor Eric Adams' bid to block a federal court takeover of Rikers Island, insisting the violence-plagued jail would only get more dangerous.
The union contended Riker's 5,600-inmate population is 'more violent' - in part because there's more seriously mentally ill people in custody - than it was when the city signed off on a landmark 2015 settlement plan.
The correction-officer workforce dropped 35% since 2020 to 5,700 because of a 'hiring freeze,' added the union. It praised Maginley-Liddie with 'sparing no expense' to recruit new officers since taking over.
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