And these people who have yet to have their days in court — including some who are actually innocent — are held in a jail routinely described by those who have been through it as a dark, violent place, one where the most dangerous inmates run much of the show. Not to mention one where, as The News' Reuven Blau exclusively reported last week, bosses "purge" the violence stats to create the illusion of reform under Mayor de Blasio and Correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte.