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Rikers Island Brutality Suit Settled
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1999
by Jonathan Chasan
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1999, page 16
By Jonathan Chasan
Filed under:
Criminal Prosecution,
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Damages,
Settlements,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
New York.
New York City officials have acknowledged the need for far-reaching court-ordered reforms to curb systemic brutality and its cover up in the Rikers Island Central Punitive Segregation Unit ("CPSU" or "the bing"), known in the City jails as "the house of pain." The City agreed to a ...
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