Inmates were locked in cells during April fire that injured 20 at NYC’s Rikers Island, report finds

Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island were kept locked in their cells for nearly half an hour while a fire spread through one of the nation’s largest and most notorious jail complexes this past April, injuring some 20 people, according to a report released Friday by an independent oversight agency.

Source: Inmates were locked in cells during April fire that injured 20 at NYC’s Rikers Island, report finds