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Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption

Loaded on Feb. 1, 2023 by Anthony Accurso, David Reutter published in Prison Legal News February, 2023, page 28
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Wrongful Death. Location: New York.

by Anthony W. Accurso and David M. Reutter

After 16 detainee deaths in 2021[See: PLN, Feb. 2022, p.1], the carnage continued at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in 2022, leaving 19 more people dead. Having recorded an average of just six deaths a year from …

 

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