Full control -- independent of City Hall -- leaves no room for interference by politicians or the corrections union, writes The Post Editorial Board. AP

A new watchdog report on Rikers Island details new medical and safety horrors besetting detainees at the sprawling jail complex — a headache that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can’t avoid.

The Board of Correction analysis looks at five of the 11 inmate fatalities so far this year, and fingers correction officers for ignoring medical emergencies, falsifying records and permitting illicit drugs to circulate freely in the jails.

It’s been over six months since federal Judge Laura Swain cleared the way for an independent federal receiver to take control of the city’s troubled jails — but with no handover yet in sight, Mamdani’s team may hav

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