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Deaths, cellblocks unguarded, staggering staffing shortages caused by guards who have essentially gone awol. detainees are being deprived of food just as we heard broader say. wtf is happening at rikers. and what does it say as a society we are standing by allowing this to happen? >> thank you for having me on here, but i think you hit the nail on the head. we cannot keep standing by and letting this happen. when i went there in one of the housing units i had to wade through trash and dead roaches and talk to incarcerated inmates who were just cleaning up themselves. some saw people who had be...

Overflowing. people couldn't go to the bathroom and people were using the corners of the warehouse to go to the bathroom. >> we were placed on beds that they weren't really beds, just mattresses on the floor and there were insects crawling all over the place. roaches,iderspiders, ants. and the heat was not good. >> reporter: of course you had seven people die in this facility during the storm and people are just trying to figure out exactly what happened. we have learned that the state actually approved this plan, but what they didn't approve is for the number of people to be inside that wareh...

Jarring description. >> they didn't have had yacht staff. she said the bathrooms were overflowing.yacht staff. she said the bathrooms were overflowing. people were using the corners of thore warehouse to go to the bathroom. >> here we are and still yet he's to be changed. >> reporter: video filmed by an anonymous person inside shows crowded conditions. a man told that station they were, quote, packed in like sardines. >> we were placed on beds that tlrnt weren't really beds, just mattresses on the floor and there were insects crawling all over the place. roaches, spiders, ants. the heat was ju...

The federal government, and in 2017, medicare documented reports of roaches in one location what would it take to tip the scales for the state to bring criminal charges against the operator >> they would have to conclude that the operator willfully, wantonly recklessly, in reckless disregard for the safety of others allowed this to happen and that folks died. >> reporter: both the state's health department and the attorney general's office are investigating what happened with the seven nursing homes that have not responded to our request for more information about the probe. lester >> all righ...

>> video filmed by an anonymous person inside shows crowded conditions. a man told that station they were, quote, packed in like sardines. >> we were placed on beds that weren't even beds. they were just mattresses on the floor, and there were insects crawling all over the place. there were roaches, spiders, ants, crawling all over the place. the heat in there was just -- just not good. >> reporter: we interviewed independence police chief frank edwards who told his officers tried to help people at the warehouse before, during and after the storm. >> during the storm the wind was blowing hard....