Published on Aug 6, 2014
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Teen inmates at one of the country’s largest municipal jails are routinely subjected to excessive force resulting in injuries like broken jaws and bone fractures, according to a U.S.
attorney report.
Staff at Rikers Island were found to over-rely on solitary confinement and to not report violent incidents.
Judy Woodruff talks to Benjamin Weiser, who covered the story for The New York Times.
