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AGENCY TESTIMONY
BOC's accomplishments and impact despite limited resources
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Despite financial constraints, the Board of Correction has remained productive in producing meaningful oversight reports. The board highlights its significant output over the past year, demonstrating its impact on jail oversight.
- Published reports on various topics including use of chemical agents, death reviews, and borough-based jails progress
- Produced evaluations on sick call process, heat mitigation efforts, and the DOC grievance process
- Emphasized that with additional resources, their impact could be even greater
Jasmine Georges-Yilla
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In the past year alone, we published reports on the use of chemical agents in city jails, three death reviews, two borough based jails progress reports, a monitoring quarterly report, an evaluation of the sick call process, an assessment of heat mitigation efforts, and a triennial review of the DOC grievance process.
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With additional resources, our impact could be significantly greater.