Louis A. Molina, the jails commissioner, has failed to stop rampant violence, and officials have shut down avenues of information about what happens behind bars, according to a report filed in federal court.
The settlement in federal court with people who were held in solitary while they awaited trials is one of the largest involving the city’s Correction Department and its troubled lockups, including Rikers Island.
The City Council speaker, Adrienne Adams, called for closing the Rikers Island jail complex by 2027 and expanding 3-K for All, in opposition to Mayor Adams’s stance.