brokelyngirl t1_iwuknpq wrote
Reply to comment by HellsKitchen111 in Federal Monitor Who Watches Over Rikers Island Has Made $18 million from NYC Taxpayers...and counting by mattkatz00
I think I originally learned that ratio of corrections officers to inmates on NPR. Regardless, here's a few sources:
https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/nyc-correction-officers-fleeing-in-droves/
Grass8989 t1_iwuoa3k wrote
You do realize it’s a 24/7 job right, not every corrections officer is there 24 hours a day seven days a week. The amount on shift per inmate is a more accurate statistic
NlNTENDO t1_iwv3m4q wrote
"a ratio seven times higher than the national average"
Not like that job isn't 24/7 literally everywhere else
Grass8989 t1_iwv6a70 wrote
Wasn’t everyone just complaining that there aren’t enough COs to monitor the inmates, Which lead to increased suicide rates on Rikers? So now it’s that’s theres too many? All I’m hearing is a lot of Virtue signaling from people who have never been anywhere near a prison, let alone having worked in one.
Throwawayhelp111521 t1_iwzbdbz wrote
>All I’m hearing is a lot of Virtue signaling from people who have never been anywhere near a prison, let alone having worked in one.
It's equally obvious that most people here are unfamiliar with what lawyers charge or how they work. IIRC, there was a lawyer who was appointed a special master in a securities case. I think she had had a high-ranking position in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and had left and become a partner at a large, respected corporate law firm. I believe she charged $800 an hour and that was years ago.
NlNTENDO t1_iwv9bs8 wrote
Don't ask me. I wasn't the one who told you that, so don't try to hold me responsible for the opinions of others.
Turbulent_Link1738 t1_iwvtj39 wrote
Bro. They’ll have one CO watching 50+ inmates by himself. They’re definitely not staffed properly.
Grass8989 t1_iww992e wrote
But but the WFHers on reddit say “corrections officers are mean”. And there’s also too many of them, even tho literally this week people were bitching that there aren’t enough to monitor the inmates leading to increased cases of suicide.
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