An off-duty corrections officer shot and wounded a man at a McDonald's in East Flatbush this afternoon. Witnesses said a neighborhood man "with mental problems" started harassing a 67-year-old customer waiting on line for food at the McDonald's on Church Ave near Kings Highway. "The guy came in and was looking to fight anyone he could find," witness Stacy Houston told the Post. more ›

A city correction officer has been suspended for 15 days and placed on modified duty with no inmate contact after she was busted bringing her cell phone to work to chat with her boyfriend—a Bloods member doing time at Rikers. Rosalyn Wilkes, 43, was charged with promoting prison contraband after taking her personal cell phone to jail, which is prohibited. She allegedly used the phone to talk to her boyfriend while she was working at the Tombs in Lower Manhattan, and even let other inmates use it to talk to him. more ›

A released Riker’s Island inmate, who claims a correction officer brutally beat him for taking three crackers from the mess hall, wants $5 million from the city. Michael Carey was serving a short 90 day sentence for petty larceny when he grabbed the snacks from the dining area of the jail where rapper Lil Wayne looks forward to be incarcerated. According to the Daily News, he claims an officer, last name of Mack, “punched him in the face, neck and ear until he fell to the ground bleeding.” Afterward, he required 11 stitches for his wounds. more ›

The list of Rikers Island guards accused of abusing inmates continues to grow longer. Correction Officer Timothy Munroe, 24, of Brooklyn was indicted on charges of assault, falsifying business records and offering a false instrument for filing, among others, the NY Times reports. more ›

Police believe two members of the Crips killed an off-duty corrections officer yesterday morning in order to steal his motorcycle. Kenneth Duncan, who had worked for the city's correction department for 17 years, was found shot in the head outside his Remsen Village home. more ›