2023-0627: NYC’s DOC is spending $90K on 30 submachine guns for troubled Rikers Island

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Jul 4, 2023
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NY POST: The under-fire city Department of Correction is beefing up its arsenal again, plunking down more than $90,000 for 30 submachine guns for Rikers Island — on the heels of spending $100,000 to buy sniper rifles for guards at the troubled lockup last year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/nyc-s-doc-is-spending-90k-on-30-submachine-guns-for-troubled-rikers-island/ar-AA1d7YAC

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