Swine Flu Sweeps Rikers Island

MYFOXNY.COM EXCLUSIVE - Fox 5 interviewed a Rikers Island correction officer who has one of the toughest jobs in the city -- guarding the meanest inmates you could find. But now there's the unseen enemy -- swine flu -- and it's sweeping the jail.

"They shoot you with urine, feces," the officer says, referring to inmates. He worries that he could bring home the virus to his family.

The spread is frightening too: 10 new swine cases confirmed Thursday, 12 more possible cases. So far, 64 inmates infected, plus three correction officers and 2 others who work there.

Officers are concerned the city isn't doing enough to protect them and their families, but the health department says it is working very hard to fight the outbreak.

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