According to reports, The Department of Correction will “immediately” shut down a housing facility on Rikers Island amid an agency-wide staffing crisis and unsafe conditions.
The Otis Bantum Correctional Facility, which housed 152 inmates will be closed immediately following the DOC's decision.
“Effective immediately, we will be closing facility operations at … OBCC. Closing OBCC will allow us to redeploy staff where needed, consolidate and streamline operations, increase safety and better serve people in custody,” DOC Commissioner Louis Molina wrote in a memo on Friday. “Both uniform and non-uniform staff will be transferred to other facilities where they are most needed.”
Source: Nypost.com
