Stabbings, slashings at Rikers Island, other NYC jails have risen since 2016, report says

NEW YORK — Violence at Rikers Island and other city Correction Department jails has eased since 2021 but is still much worse than in 2016 when a federal judge appointed a monitor to oversee the problems, a new report says. Court-appointed violence monitor Steve J. Martin and his staff said that the jails are on pace for 350 stabbings and slashings in 2023. That projection would be lower than the 420 stabbings reported in 2021 and 468 stabbings reported in 2022, Martin’s report noted — but still up from the number of stabbings reported in the early years of his work monitoring violence at Riker...