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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...

proves me wrong. its unpredictable. you dont want to come out in there. theres the big gust. you dont want to come out in this. we saw people walking around and driving around. its not a good idea. stay home. stay inside. dont come outside. when you do, when the sun does come up, be careful driving around. there are so many trees down in this area. you never know when there will be a live power line involved with a tree being toppled. >> indeed. driving around may be severely compromis...