rikers island, which is home to new york city big chill complex houses nearby 6,000 inmates. according to several news outlets, several -- weldon incident with the port this week which has taken place behind rikers walls and it fell into that category of unreasonably high levels of violence. the new york post reporting tha over the weekend three inmates from one getting jumped a rival gang member and slashed him in the face inside an unmanned housing area where at the time the post reports 26 correction officers were working for drupa chips -- ships. and 30 patrol in the same building for unmanned due to a shortage of staff. the department of corrections acknowledging the shortage thin the month of july the departmen has had 3,000 of it 8,000 staff either calling out six or not available and thousands more no coming to work and not calling in. telling fox of an e-mail tuesda night, quote, we have been taking extensive measures to encourage step stepped return t work to relieve those who have been working extra shifts to compensate. in addition the diaz he tells u they have imp

the street by police, taken away from his mother, family, friends, held for over 1,000 days on rikers island crime he did not commit, and was physically and mentally tortured by being locked in a solitary box for over 700 of those days, 23 hours a day." >> reporter: when kennedy firs learned about browder's story through news reports, he says he felt incapacitated for days. >> it hit me so hard because i feel a real person connection to it, because what he made it through and what he endured has been one of my worst nightmares ever since i was a child. to be held in that way, you know, you're kidnapped. >> reporter: in addition to his time in solitary, browder was physically and mentally abused by prison guards and other incarcerated people. you talk about this chronic fear of having a situation like that from the time you were, you know, a child. where does that stem from? >> for me, i've experienced, whether was growing up in d.c. as a kid or living my life in new york-- honestly, every country i've been to, you know, i've experienced these moments where i've come very, very close to havin

they would have been out on bail, thanks to bail he reform, before breakfast was even served on rikers island it's almost impossible to say that even if we increase our police presence, even if we increase our police detective squads and patrols, that this will result in a safer city thanks to the bail reform that just let these people out willy-nilly. >> i think it starts with bail reform, for sure, especially in new york. >> absolutely. joe, thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> time right now, 4:23 on the east coast. u.s. olympian gwen berry who turned her back on the flag last month now says she's proud to wear red, white and blue at the tokyo games but will she protest our national anthem if she makes it to the podium again. >> our next guest also represented team usa on the world stage and shares his thoughts coming up next. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome back. republicans bashing the house investigation into the january 6th capitol riot. take a listen. >> but i do not think it was right for the speaker to decide which republicans should be on the c

federal monitor overseeing new york city jails is sounding the alarm on the brutal conditions inside rikers island. in a letter, the monitor said violence at rikers had skyrocketed this summer and warned of a high level of disorder and chaos, as well as a shortage of staff and lack of basic services for incarcerated people, including access to medical care. the letter also reported at least four suicides since december 2020, neglect during the covid-19 pandemic, and escalating use of force by officers. in related news, the justice department has announced it plans to shut down new york's metropolitan correctional center, the jail where convicted serial rapist jeffrey epstein was found dead in 2019 of an apparent suicide. the doj said the closure might be temporary while it addresses the squalid and dangerous conditions inside the jail. the ceo of time's up resigned thursday amid the ongoing fallout over its leaders' support for disgraced former new york governor andrew cuomo. "the washington post" reported this week tina tchen texted staffers to "stand down" from releasing a statement in support o

before in rikers island, thousands of prisoners, and with mail reform -- they are violent criminals outches you in the nose, brian, they are not going to stay in jail out for an hour. >> brian: they will be out before you are. >> brian: i'm first in line. >> brian: only a minute left, but to add to this, chicago is unbelievable, it's emblematic of everything wrong, you have a parent saying oh, my goodness, my 21-year-old and my 22-year-old are probably going to be in jail for life and they are involved in the murder of a cop and may be a second who got shot in the head who stole a phone and got so upset that he was drinking and driving and when he was told to put down the drain, he would not do it. the mom showing up saying how could my kids do that? she comes out vilifying the police, it seems like on the surface this 22-year-old only had a shot, so how do we stop crime today and how do we stop another generation of killers and give them options before they become teens, before they realize that there is more to life and then the life that they are seeing around them. somehow we have t

caller: i was wondering if anybody was aware of the rikers island situation? prisoners are taking off their masks, breathing on each other to make sure that they get out of there. somebody get on that, it would be nice. host: william, tennessee, democratic line. caller: the short answer is -- the question was, why didn't mr. biden do something about the people coming from mexico? he does not know what to do. that is the short answer. host: jim, washington, independent line. caller: my real concern is about the return of economic lockdowns. economic lockdowns are not what stop the spread of the virus. what slows down or stops the spread of the virus are medical measures taken by private citizens and businesses. host: dave, look -- florida. caller: let me mute my tv. i am calling about ron desantis and in what an excellent job he is doing. very grateful to live in florida under a great governor. host: we want to remind everyone that starting at noon eastern today, you can turn to c-span two to listen to the senate and its work on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure

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