Home News Mentally ill at Rikers often locked in cells for weeks, denied treatment:...News Mentally ill at Rikers often locked in cells for weeks, denied treatment: Exclusive Bynytimespost -0FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Correction officers routinely lock severely mentally ill men in their cells on Rikers Island for weeks and even months in violation of city law, a jail social worker who left the system three weeks ago tells the Daily News in an exclusive interview. Related