In Public Service: Harris faced danger at Rikers Island
Pamela Harris is probably the one of the only members of the New York State Assembly who can say she survived a riot at Rikers Island.
Harris, a retired correction officer, worked at Rikers Island for 10 years until a serious injury forced her into an early retirement.
An inmate attacked her during a riot in the infamous jail. The riot was terrifying, she recalled. “I literally had to fight my way out,” she told the Brooklyn Eagle.