NYC correction officer assaulted at Rikers Island jail suffers fractured rib, injuries to face and head

“For the past eight years, the Department of Correction has housed inmates by their gang affiliation, which has embolden the gangs to create little armies within the jails which lash out and assault our officers with impunity,” said COBA President Benny Boscio Jr., who called on the agency and Commissioner Vincent Shiraldi to disband gang affiliated housing areas in the jails.