An emergency hearing is being held on the handling of Rikers Island, as demonstrators call for the jail to be shut down or for a federal receiver to be appointed.
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Tuesday's hearing followed recent federal monitor reports citing incidents of people in custody dying or being severely injured. CBS2 gets exclusive look at Rikers Island security tapes mentioned in federal monitor's scathing report on city jail "The federal monitor that is appointed to Rikers put out a number of reports -- scathing reports -- that talk about how this administration has failed to stop the rampant violence that is plaguing our jail system," said Melanie Dominguez, lead community organizer with the KATAL Center.
"We've had monitor report after monitor report showing that violence is still high at the jail. So what we're asking is for Judge Laura Swain to say that we cannot trust Department of Correction any longer to do their job," Legal Aid Society attorney Marva Brown said. The mayor and Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina have defended Rikers, allowing CBS2's Political Reporter Marcia Kramer to
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