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Suit: New York City allowed Rikers Island corrections officers to commit rapes, sexual abuse | 22 May 2015 | Two inmates from one of America's most [in]famous jails say New York City allowed Rikers Island corrections officers to commit widespread sexual assault. The women filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against one of the jail's corrections officers and the city saying the officer repeatedly raped them. The women say when they tried to report the assaults, they were told nothing could be done. Part of the suit reads the officer threatened to allow other inmates to beat the women if they reported assault.