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Wheelchair-bound man died of COVID after being crammed in ‘medieval hellscape’ on Rikers Island: lawsuit
Wheelchair-bound man died of COVID after being crammed in 'medieval hellscape' on Rikers Island: lawsuit,A 42-year-old wheelchair-bound man had what should have been a routine overnight stay in holding cell for a minor parole violation turn into a 33-day death sentence at Rikers Island, a shocking new lawsuit alleges.

Wheelchair-bound man died of COVID after being crammed in ‘medieval hellscape’ on Rikers Island: lawsuit

A 42-year-old wheelchair-bound man had what should have been a routine overnight stay in holding cell for a minor parole violation turn into a 33-day death sentence at Rikers Island, a shocking new lawsuit alleges.