It's sad when the basic rules of decency are habitually violated. What messages do we send when we don't take an inmate's accusation of rape - seriously?

After 7 years, that inmate would have had to decide to conform to sexual predation or live with the violence of dominance by criminals in uniform. It is depraved indifference. This is inhuman and cruel. Anyone confined on Rikers must have the instruments to report violent predation. The corrections officers must police themselves.

Even those who could have aided the victim would have been silenced and further stifled. Now is the time for a truly in-depth investigation. You know, for sure, there's got to be other victims.