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Rikers Island guards took bribes, smuggled contraband: officials

May 20, 2016 by admin News 0 comments

 

NEW YORK — In another blemish on New York City’s troubled jail system, two Rikers Island correction officers and a cook accepted bribes from inmates to smuggle in contraband such as scalpels, synthetic marijuana and tobacco.
 

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/05/20/rikers-island-guards-too-bribes-smuggled-contraband-officials.html

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