Woman Who Spent Over 2 Years in Rikers Solitary Confinement Is Suing NYC for $10 Million

[MrScorpio]

By Claire Lampen May 09, 2016



After spending 29-months in the Rikers Island Correctional Facility — and all but two of those months in solitary confinement — for a crime she did not commit, Candie Hailey is suing New York City for $10 million, the New York Daily News reported Monday.

Hailey alleges that, throughout most of the time she spent behind bars waiting to be tried for the 2012 stabbing of an infant, prison officers frequently abused her. She was ultimately acquitted of the charge in May 2015, but — she says — nearly didn't make it.

"I just wanted to die," Hailey told the Daily News. "I didn't think about anything else. It was taking too long to prove my innocence."

According to the Daily News, Hailey said she attempted suicide "more than 100 times" as a result of the sexual and physical assault. And indeed, solitary confinement is thought to induce suicidal impulses in prisoners, wreaking havoc on their mental well-being.



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[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. K&R

[malaise]

2. K & R

This has to stop

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Knr

[Scalded Nun]

4. This will never stop

as long as these settlements continue being funded by taxpayers.

Everyone in Law enforcement (including prisons) must be made to be insured/bonded/etc. Not much different than malpractice insurance.
That, or make police pension funds liable for this garbage. MAYBE, then, the 'good' cops will keep their house clean. There is no incentive at all for anyone in law enforcement to clean up their messes. Taxpayers foot the bill and the courts turn a blind eye.

[truebrit71]

5. ^^^This^^^

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[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Great point. They're willing to risk taxpayer money, but

what about when it affects their own wallets more directly?