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June 28, 2023

New York City to Spend $90,000 Purchasing Submachine Guns for Rikers Prison Guards
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In more news from New York, Gothamist reports the city's Department of
Correction is planning to purchase over $90,000 worth of high-powered
submachine guns for a specially trained emergency security unit working
at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. This comes after New York's
Department of Correction earlier this month cut some $17 million in job
training and social programs for prisoners.


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