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Island >> no recreation, health care was not available to people because we couldnt get them to their doctors appointments. >> reporter: violence, he says, was rampant nbc news obtained more than 100 hours of surveillance video from inside rikers city officials dont contest the contents of the video scenes like this, an attempted knifing averted by an officer. and an inmate organized so-called fight night, where some detainees were forced to participate. who was running the place? >> the inmates...

Than when they came in. >> a federal monitor reporting conditions have progressively and substantially worsened. one of the most pressing problem oz, a union contract that gives officers unlimited sick time. of more than 7,000 officers, up to a third dont show up on any given day for six years, serena was in charge of investigating misconduct at the jail. >> was a pattern you noted during your time there? >> absolutely. with respect to sick leave abuse. that was happening on a rampant level. peo...

>> was it possible to come to a place like rikers and melt in and not be affected by any of this? >> i dont see how thats possible. some people are heroes and they can withstand them, no matter what you felt. the vast majority of people left rikers worse off than when they came in. a court-appointed federal monitor of rikers recently reporting conditions have progressively and substantially worsened. she said, one of the most pressing problems, a union contract that gives officers unlimited sick...