Rikers opened a unit for suspected fire-setters. It had no fire suppression system.
gothamist.com
The misstep was revealed in a special report filed by a federal monitor overseeing the jails.
  • MNByChoiceEnglish
    141·
    7 months ago

    closed it the next day after a federal monitor found it was unauthorized, and lacked required fire prevention equipment.

    Glad we have federal monitors.

  • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.eeEnglish
    41·
    7 months ago

    Are they prone to figuring put how to makeshift fire starters?

    Like I know they’d try to but I can’t imagine prisons leave a lot of stuff around that’d make it likely for them to succeed at it.

    • MNByChoiceEnglish
      61·
      7 months ago

      I can imagine prison guards delivering the supplies to prisoners.

      Duck if I know if it happened.

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
      41·
      7 months ago

      You can start a fire just rubbing a couple bits of wood together.

      Easier is a AA/AAA battery and a bit of metal like a stretched out spring.

      Doesn’t take much, and it’s not like they don’t have the time to think up a method with what’s available.