Rikers Island Jail Complex
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Rikers Island Jail Complex
The officers and inmates there were part of what officials with the Department of Investigation and the Department of Correction described as a network of contraband smuggling and other criminality at Rikers that undermined security at the jail complex and contributed to violence. The search also uncovered stashes of marijuana, tobacco, and weapons.
In just one measure of the rising levels of violence, there were 1,844 uses of force by corrections officers at the jail complex from January to
May 2014, a number that had doubled for that time period for each of the previous three years according to the Corrections Department. Also during this period, there were 274 drug recoveries and 868 weapons confiscated, the department said.
For this assignment, you will take on the role of the leader in the scenario you chose. As the leader of the organization after experiencing the damaging events that took place within your chosen scenario, you believe a new community event will help to heal some of the damages and improve community ties. In your leadership role, you will create a community event (keeping in mind the events that took place within your scenario) and develop a Press Release for announcing the details of the event to the community.
Create your press release in a document including the following elements.
Create a letterhead for the organization in chosen scenario.