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New York City to Spend $90,000 Purchasing Submachine Guns for Rikers Prison Guards

HeadlineJun 28, 2023

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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