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BOC's office location and access after Rikers Island closure and transition to borough-based jails
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Council Member Diana Ayala inquires about the Board of Correction's office location once Rikers Island closes. Katrina Blackman from BOC explains their plans for accessing and operating in the new borough-based jail facilities.
- BOC has been in communication with the Department of Correction regarding office space and access in the four new off-island correctional facilities.
- While there won't be a designated office space for BOC, they will have access to areas where they can review DOC footage and access DOC computers and database systems.
- BOC's presence in the new facilities will primarily be for active oversight, involving tours throughout housing areas and ancillary spaces.
- The arrangement emphasizes BOC's role in ongoing monitoring rather than maintaining a permanent office space within the facilities.
Diana Ayala
4:42:03
I'm gonna move on to the borough based jails.
4:42:06
Will there be will the Board of Corrections office be located where would it be located once the facility closes?
Katrina Blackman
4:42:17
Good afternoon again, Katrina Blackman.
4:42:19
So we've been in communication with the department regarding our office space or accessible space to our staff as it shifts over to four correctional facilities off island.
4:42:31
So in those communications, though there will not be a designated office space for the Board of Correction, they have agreed in principle right now to allow us to have access to office space where we may need to review DOC footage, have access to DOC computers and database systems, etcetera, etcetera.
4:42:55
But I just wanna be mindful of the fact that while we are at the Burr J.
4:42:59
Spales and as we shift over there, that our continued presence there will be for oversight.
4:43:06
So that means that we will be actively touring while in those commands.
4:43:10
So it's not necessarily going to be an office space for us per se because we have to be throughout the housing areas and ancillary areas of those facilities.