Assertion: borough | /r/CapableOf | transfer control of the jails
Facets:
value: to the nyc department of corrections
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: gradually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Although consolidated into the City of Greater New York in 1898, the county sheriff of Staten Island maintained control of the jail system, unlike the other boroughs who had gradually transferred control of the jails to the NYC Department of Corrections.