Articles by Jonathan Chasan

Rikers Island Brutality Suit Settled

Loaded on Feb. 15, 1999 by Jonathan Chasan published in Prison Legal News February, 1999, page 16

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements, Supervisory Liability. Location: New York.

By Jonathan Chasan

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 ...