A longtime Rikers Island correction officer needed six stitches to close a gaping gash over her eye Friday, after allegedly being bashed in the face by a violent inmate at the notorious city jail.
The 47-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous because she wasn’t cleared to speak publicly, told The Post she’s tired of the Island’s incarcerated getting off scot-free and is calling on the city to revive the recently-sacked solitary confinement.
“They just assault us and come right back into the same housing areas,” said the officer, who has spent a decade on the job.
“They brag about this,” she added. “‘They say, ‘I just assaulted an officer but nothing’s going to happen to me.’ They used to get put in segregation.”
The officer was at work Friday afternoon when she saw inmate Rosita Sanders — who stands a hulking 5-feet 10 inches and weighs an oversized 200 pounds — allegedly strike another inmate.