Without laundry service, Rikers detainees wash clothes in toilets and showers, lawyers say
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NEW YORK — A string of missteps that included leaving detainees locked in their cells as a smoky fire raged around them were outlined in a city Board of Correction report released Friday about a near-deadly blaze in a Rikers Island jail. One detainee was severely burned and several others suffered serious smoke inhalation in the April 6 fire, which the Board of Correction report confirmed was ...
A report by the Board of Correction found that eight people remained in their cells for a half-hour while smoke spread through a housing unit.
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