NBC News’ Lester Holt reports on Rikers Island, New York City’s massive jail complex and the scene of what’s being called a humanitarian crisis. Vincent Schiraldi, the former commissioner of the department of corrections, says staffing issues have led to inhumane conditions and rampant violence. A former detainee says inmates run the jail.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC
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Rikers Island: People Living In ‘Inhumane Conditions’
No.1 reason, NYC HAS GONE 2 H E L L
A PCT OF JUST GOOD PPL get caught up.. BY THE TIME THE REST OF EM, GET OUT…after the ordeal
. THEY angry ready to F… EVERYHTHING they touch.UP
Check ny crimes 1021, you’ll see those responsible spent time in Rikers… been turned out in some form or shape.. ON pysch meds same for other penal institutions
It’s a Azz cash scheme going on for yrs
The perfect permanent getaway spot of a lifetime for conald and his bunch
Perfect for conald
Prisons = plantations. Suffering factories.
So what
How can anyone justify keeping this facility open or funding it. Basically using our tax money to treat people inhumanely. Is this really happening in the USA??? I’m sure countries we have been pointing fingers at for humanitarian abuse of their citizens are rightly calling us hypocrites. It seems the people in charge should be jailed for abuse, negligence, endangerment and quite possibly corruption.
Yeah but did you learn a f****** lesson
Corruption and profiting from inhumane conditions.
The elites are doing just fine.
Alot of the time nobody gets to actually call off when sick. I worked so many places that wanted dr notes and by the time i had an appointment i was healthy😂😕
dont commit crimes.
Don’t do crime in the first place
That’s right, turn it into a vacation spot
You are in prison, you want luxury, behave with the law and be free!!!
Ny is clearly a corrupt police state. Like that movie with silvester stallone: ‘cop land’ …i dont advocate for violence against police at all , that being said i also think is disrespectful towards civilians when large numbers of police officers in uniform gether for funeral attendence of deceased officers while they could’ve be out on their streets on duty, fighting crime, doing their job…i wonder if the state would focus more on the officers families and better pension benefits than a pretty simbolic funeral to stamp the news ….That scene of hundreds of police officers outside Saint Patrick’s church kind of actually passes more of a resemblance of institutional power placement and actually segregation from society than anything else..police should be respected as protectors and public servants for all citizens and not as a parallel society that will protect a few and themselves as is runnig towards to..i don’t know man police is getting way too much power ( given by corrupt politicians ) with little or no accountability and thats not what a free state should be or look like.
So it’s like other democrat cities…
Let’s see Joe Biden showed up today in New York City and he talked about how he didn’t want to defund the police and how crime is on the rise in the city of New york. But then we get this! And did Joe Biden say anything about the inhumane conditions of this facility? And not just that! This is a bomb ready to go off. If something is not done immediately! Rikers Island will become anarchist paradise. You just better hope those inmates do not start to mobilize. For good reason!
. Bartender song,.
Its Sittin’ At a Bar
Song by Rehab
Be great back ground music.
Its about sitting at the bar drinking, tell his story. Just waiting for the police to pick up
To be with his friends. ,
Asking for another drink.
Worth time. I
Awesome. Don’t go to jail.
USmedia worst quality and worst news
And it all comes down to the trash leadership of jails.
The age of consent is under 18 in 40 states in america, america also has the world record for the lowest age of consent in world history, the state of delaware in 1880 at 7 years old…….
Don’t Drop Da Soap. Literally!!
On human conditions, prison wasn’t meant to be a vacation it was meant to be a deterrent to stop the revolving door in criminals lives and to learn from their mistakes and move on with life nobody’s perfect look at Donald Trump He paid in taxes $750 you don’t hear American people talking
because of DEM TARDS new york people are living in 3rd world conditions!!!!!!!!!!!!
Neither party does work for “the people”
@skate and create no, but one devastates ”the people” look around
Sounds like a group effort from officers and the union to get rid of the previous commissioner🤔
The prisons are overcrowded period. Dont do the crime if you don’t want to the time!
OMG it looks like a REFUGEE CAMP!!!😦
The woman who escaped Rikers Island and was never caught… https://youtu.be/OP5QuS9d0wE
NEW YORK CITY AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE ASHAMED AND LIABLE FOR THE DEATH AND INJURES OF INNOCENT INMATE
The richest city in America is treating humans as animals. RIKERS ISLAND NEED BETTER ACCOUNTING AND SUPERVISION
Why don’t they just start building more prisons?
Humans have become worse than predatory animals.
When good normal people are cared about maybe I’ll start to care a lil more about the dregs of society
I see a humanitarian crisis every day, with all the homeless out on the streets.
It would be great if the Pharma CEOs were sent here for poisoning millions of people. Let these guys on the inside take care of them.
Perhaps this could be a amazing detterant? Who would want to go back?
😱 NO ROOM SERVICE!
🙏 NEVER BEEN & HOPE
I NEVER AM🙏
Why should we care , don’t commit crimes and you won’t go there.
Oh Lord!
Don’t do the crime if you can’t handle the time
I mean they shouldn’t have committed a crime. They are lucky we don’t still live in medieval times. They have it made.
Who cares jails not suppose to be an hotel it is for punishment not a country club
That’s what happens when you decide to become a criminal and get caught. You do the time in a hole.
The people who authorize and profit off others pain, will stand before Creator and those who have been first will be last. It’s beyond sad to do that even though they are prisoners.and criminals.
Existence doesn’t judge anyone. That’s just a human projection written into the god character from the bible.
That’s not a surprise. There is no rehabilitation, it’s where criminals go to get re-educated on how to become worse criminals when they get out.
Do the crime do the time.
lol supposed to feel sorry for these criminals…LOL.
With these conditions, I wonder if this changed the minds of these criminals to be good citizens. 🤔🤔🤔
Ok just let them all out, the poor convicts, I’m sure they will be great additions to the community!!
i like it there! 👮♂️🚔🚓👮
Nice place to visit.
Third world
GO TO SKID ROW AND TELL ME HOW GREAT THE LIVING CONDITIONS ARE THERE. THERE IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE HOMELESS.
JUST LIKE A HOMELESS SHELTER. IMAGINE THAT. INHUMANE
😢 sad
This is where Trump belongs…maralago del norte!
Who cares you’re in prison.Deal with it or try staying out of prison.
2027??? 🤷🏻♂️😡😡😡
You only seen a little of what’s going on at Rikers Island there’s a giant iceberg of problems that will surface all at once sooner or later someone will have to deal with it all, and that’s when the finger-pointing will begin
Prisons aren’t supposed to be a vacation. Don’t commit crimes if you don’t want to spend time in jail
Lets move the inmates to a hotel and let them roam free to commit new crimes
Really? You don’t say.
Corruption, Racist and embarrassing, new york creates the drama and allows things as such,
Still won’t stop plenty from going back over and over! Just bring back public hangings problem solved
So sick🤢 … such abuse
San Quentin death rowers are looking for a new home, Rikers accepting?
SQ: Can’t be worse!
Rikers: Hold my beer
They should blast this video all over ny. Would help to keep crime down.
Are we actually feeling bad for people who have done things to warrant being thrown in here….im done feeling sorry for criminals idc if you just sold crack only….sick of these bottom feeders
🤷♂️🤷♂️ *Wait? How is closing Rikers Island supposed to help anything?* Think about it, there has to be a place to house certain people, so where are those people gonna go? I guess you could build a new prison, but if you can build a new present why can’t you just upgrade the existing one for less money? And then take the money that is saved and put it to other better uses.
They need to hold the state officials accountable and provide better resources for the warden of the prison to be able to give the staff and inmates the tools that are necessary to ensure the safety of all. If that cannot be provided then the prison needs to be closed immediately!😡😤💯👍💯💯💯
For salvation, we just need to follow the way they did it in Acts? They were baptized in water for the removal of sins and filled with the Holy Ghost. Here’s why! The gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.
If we are to follow him, we must do the same thing. Death= repentance, Burial = baptism, and resurrection = being filled and rising again from the dead. That’s what Acts 2:38 is.
We must obey the gospel, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ… Matthew 7:21-23, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that DOETH THE WILL OF MY FATHER which is in Heaven. St John 3:3-5, EXCEPT a man, be born of WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, he cannot enter into the kingdom of GOD.
We can’t come up with our own gospel. Galatians 1:6-9, But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Don’t be cursed.
One way for all people. Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans. Our salvation has to match up with the scriptures and no scriptures on the subject can be taken away. Eternity is TOOO long to be WRONG! st, John 5:39, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
The gospels show what Christ has done on the cross for us.
The book of Acts shows us the beginning of Christ’s Church and how to enter the Church, obeying Acts 2:38.
The letters were written to the Church to show us how to behave now that we are born again into the Church.
It’s better to walk alone than to walk with a crowd going in the wrong direction.
Are we supposed to follow the teachings of the apostles? Acts 2:42, And they continued steadfastly in the apostle’s doctrines. Ephesians 2:20, We are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.
Don’t get Titus 3:5 mixed up with James 2:14-26, about WORKS. One is a WORK of your OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS OR GOOD DEEDS and the other is a WORK OF FAITH OR OBEDIENCE TO GOD. One is letting you know that there are no Works we could have done to make Christ want to die on the cross for us. Romans 5:8, But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
The other is about believing and being obedient to God because you believe. Faith without WORKS OR OBEYING GOD IS DEAD. James 2:14-26.
Noah believed and then OBEYED OR WENT TO WORK BUILDING THE ARK.
Now that Christ already paid the full price for our salvation we have to attain it by obeying his way to receive it, Acts 2:38! There is no sinner’s prayer. Nowhere in the bible in this church age does it state to accept the Lord Jesus as your savior and you are saved. Mark 16:16, he that believes and is baptized shall be saved.
FAITH WITHOUT OBEDIENCE TO GOD WILL BE IN VAIN. God bless you!
Then don’t do illegal stuff
Quit committing crimes and you won’t be in that situation!
Convicts are there for a reason. Don’t want to be in prison think don’t do the crimes. Prisoners have it better than the homeless on the street. They have a roof, food, clothing, college. And er are letting more and more drug add, murderers in everyday.
I heard excuses from the warden…
Hope this is were Trump ends up. Wouldn’t that be fun to watch?
Close rikers
This isn’t just Rikers, this is many jails & prisons in the USA. I can completely believe the union lashed out when investigated. Perhaps if the union leaders would work with investigators more people would want to work in corrections & the wouldn’t be such an issue with adequate staffing. This particular union needs to be investigated further, because you don’t get defensive, if there is nothing to defend.
We need to completely overhaul this system. For one, that there are so many repeat offenders shows that the root of issue isn’t ever being addressed. Whether it be poverty, lack of education, abuse, untreated mental health issues, addiction, or a combination, these are all health care issues that are keeping people down. Putting anybody into the revolving door of our jails/prisons isn’t the answer, we’ve had the data that shows this, it shouldn’t take decades for change. We need to invest in people; not more cages where being there often serves as an education for being a criminal rather than rehabilitation. They are often in inhumane conditions, & that’s not getting into some having to live a certain way to survive. Like it or not, the vast majority of those who are incarcerated will get out at some point. If we continue to fail helping these people progress to become healthy productive individuals, we only have ourselves to blame.
Gladiator school!
When you treat people like animals they are going to act like animals. What do you expect? I’m surprised there hasn’t been a huge class-action lawsuit yet. It looks like the main problem is high-level corruption to me.
The commissioner who fired Townsend along with anyone else that’s profiting need to be investigated. There is no excuse for such inhumane dangerous conditions that endanger the inmates & the guards… Follow the money, it will inevitably leave a trail leading to who’s responsible… Conditions like this are unacceptable for animals in shelters, yet this is happening to human beings. This needs to change yesterday.
Sacramento county jail is just like this same thing no treatment no help look it up
DEFUND RIKERS ISLAND !!!!!
Odd enough covid related comments do not exist on this video..
Why do we have this problem? The Mayor of NYC should be arrested.
The guards could be sick by mental illnesses.
Bad architecture. Corrupt cops.
“Corrections” is a despicable euphemism.
Blah blah!!! The people who made this places are sick of them 😂. That’ll be THE DAY
If you DON’T do the crime, you won’t have to worry about being locked up in first place
If all jails/prisons could be kept like this from now on,
maybe one would think BRFORE acting
CAMERAS everywhere!
Can’t remember a time things were humane there they just get closer and closer to the dark age
The population of this country has increased, so there needs to be more prisons built around the country. So the scenes of 3 or 4 inmates crammed into a cell decreases. It’s very horrible living conditions.
Why cut the man off when he trying to answer your question about fault?
It’s a prison not a bed and breakfast. Need to make it as uncomfortable as possible.