The city Board of Correction passed a resolution Tuesday sharply criticizing the Correction Department for stonewalling its information requests and obstructing the board’s oversight role under the city Charter.

The board unanimously voted in favor of the resolution after a tense exchange between board members and DOC officials in a dispute over access to DOC records related to deaths in the jails in 2025 and other jail issues that has been building since a Sept. 9 meeting.

Under the Charter, the board has the right to inspect “all books, records, documents and papers of the department” and “evaluate the performance of the department.”

Vice Chairwoman Helen Skipper, who proposed the resolution, said she was unhappy with DOC’s response on a lack of recreation for detainees in the O

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