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NYC Rehires Former Head of Rikers Island Lockup Where Guard Assault Left Detainee Quadriplegic
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2024
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2024, page 9
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Guard Unions.
Location:
New York.
On May 11, 2024, the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) rehired Ned McCormick, the former official in charge of a Rikers Island lockup where a massive guard pile-on exactly one year earlier left a detainee quadriplegic. McCormick also got a salary raise to $212,187 for his new …
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