In N.Y.C. Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force More than half of the roughly 270 correction officers disciplined over a 20-month period lied to investigators or filed incomplete or inaccurate reports. The city jail system, including the notorious Rikers Island complex, has long been a source of complaints of brutality by guards. Credit...Richard Perry/The New York Times April 24, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET One New York City Correction officer struck a jailed person in the face for no legitimate reason. Another put a detainee in a banned chokehold several times. A third failed to stop subordinates from using unnecessary force, according to newly released discipline records.