The woman, who hid her identity for privacy reasons, worked in prison for two years – which is home to more than 10,000 accused criminals awaiting trial. She spoke of the horrific things she faced while working in prison – which is located on an island between Queens and the Bronx in New York – revealing that inmates attacked police officers “every day” and put their penises in the dining room while she handed them over. meals. “There have been many cases where I have been touring and an inmate will pull out his penis and masturbate,” he recently told Vice. “I remember the first time an inmate masturbated in front of me. The feed through the feeding socket. “Once you open their slot to insert their disc, they would put their penis in the slot. I screamed and the other officers on tour said, “What happened?” “I was like, ‘Masturbates.’ And they would say, “Oh, he does that to everyone.” As if it were normal. I felt violated. I felt disrespectful. “I felt scared.” A former Rikers prison officer spoke out about the horror of her job, revealing that inmates regularly masturbated in front of her. Rikers Island is pictured The woman, who kept her identity secret, worked in prison (photo) for two years – which is home to more than 11,000 accused criminals awaiting trial. The former officer explained that most people are there for violent crimes such as “murder, rape, domestic violence, burglary and robbery”, adding, “It is just an island full of gangs that are constantly trying to kill each other.”
Recent incidents on Rikers Island
A detainee snatched a bus full of detainees – which was left unattended with keys inside – and crashed into a wall in October 2021 Rikers Island inmates were seen punching, kicking and tapping guards in a collection of violent surveillance videos taken by Fox News in August 2021 That same month, an inmate stole the keys from a security guard, released another detainee and cut the policeman’s neck with a knife, forcing him to seek refuge in the prison cell of the assailant himself. A few weeks later, another inmate stabbed his neighbor after climbing out of his cell through a metal grate on the wall. The New York Times reported more than a dozen cases since July, in which detainees were allowed to roam in jail without restriction, resulting in multiple acts of violence. The federal prison overseer, Steve J. Martin, said in August that deteriorating prison conditions in the city were directly linked to an increase in “excessive and uncontrolled staff absences.” At one point during the summer, more than a third of the city’s jailers – about 3,050 out of 8,500 – were on sick leave or medically unable to work with detainees. At the time, lawmakers who toured the Rikers said it was dirty and inhumane, with overflowing toilets and floors covered with dead cockroaches, feces and rotten food. There were 16 deaths of prisoners on Rikers Island in 2021. Six prisoners died in 2022
“They would set fires in their cell. “You may be walking while browsing and suddenly have urine or feces thrown at you,” he continued. “Almost everyone has weapons – knives or sharp objects. The officers would be attacked daily. “It can range from a broken nose, to a broken niche, broken bones, ribs, there is no limit to what these prisoners would do to you. “We are at a time when prisoners are running the prison.” The anonymous woman said that the system has “definitely failed all those involved”. “I was hired to provide custody, care and control of detainees,” he added. “The system has certainly failed all those involved – prisoners, officers. “Everyone involved is suffering.” The former prison officer recalled a time when an inmate had entered the outpost and “torn” a female officer’s belt and pants. “Fortunately, an officer came and was able to help her. [The inmate] “She was detained for rape. I think his intentions were to rape her,” he said. “They suggested we wear Spanx under our uniform just in case. There should be no “just in case.” He continued, “I have seen female officers fired because they had relations with prisoners. There have been incidents where officers have been infused with detainees. “Once you start a relationship with a prisoner or when you say yes to him once, you can not say no because you are locked in, you are trapped at this point.” The woman explained that normally there were 50 inmates for each guard and that although they were given pepper spray for protection, some of the detainees were “used to it”, so “it does nothing to them”. She said that if she reported an incident, her superiors would turn it against her and ask, “What did you do wrong?” What did you not do to prevent it? She also said that her captain often “fitted in with the food before they parted with her” and that he felt he was “just there to knock her down”. According to Rikers’s bodyguard, the drugs are “unbridled” in prison – and are introduced by officers, program managers, doctors, nurses and citizens who visit detainees. He talked about the terrible things he faced while working on the island, revealing that the inmates attacked police officers “every day”. A Rikers inmate appears to be hitting a police officer in 2018 “It can range from a broken nose, to a broken nostril, bones, ribs, there is no limit to what they would do to you,” he shared. An Rikers detainee appears to have attacked an officer in January She said her captain often “sided with the detainee before joining her” and that he felt he was “just there to take her down”. A Rikers inmate appears to be attacking a police officer in 2018 “There is K2, pentanol, marijuana – any drug you can think of, they probably have it,” he said. “The value of any drug in prison is worth much more than it would be worth externally. Maybe five times more. “There were definitely officers who were accepting bribes. Not just officers but citizens as well – programmers, doctors, nurses. “Some of them are scared, some do it for the money.” The officer said the work was “so tedious” that she would go home and go straight to bed – she slept until her next shift. And when the pandemic struck, things got worse. She claimed that she and her colleagues often “stuck” working 16-hour shifts back and forth, resulting in working for more than 24 hours without sleep. He explained: “You are in the post for 24 hours and then a quarrel breaks out and they expect you to do everything right without sleep. “You are supposed to continue to do your job as best you can.” The former prison officer also recalled a moment when an inmate entered the outpost and “ripped” a female officer’s belt and pants, trying to “rape” her (stock photo) The anonymous woman said that the system has “definitely failed all those involved”, adding, “We are at a time when prisoners are running the prison”. Rikers Island is pictured “Data on the use of force, quarrels, stabbings and stabbings between detainees and staff attacks reveal that 2021 was the most dangerous year,” a 2021 report on prison found. The report said there were 2,113 attacks on detainees between January and September 2021. The woman told Vice that she began to experience chest pain due to the stress of her job, adding that she had colleagues who died of a heart attack because of it. “I had no method of dealing with it,” he said. I remember thinking, ‘I’m 21 and I’m going to have a heart attack.’ I reached the bottom. “I really tried to give up three times, but I was always persuaded to stay in the race. I remember getting to a point where I was like, “I can not do this anymore … I’m done.” Eventually, she left the profession and said that hundreds of others followed in her footsteps. “If I could talk to an officer who wanted to take part in corrections, I would say, ‘Don’t do this. It’s not worth your quality of life, it’s not worth your mental health. Until there is some kind of structure and security, no you even have to think about it “, he concluded.
