The compensation order, which could impact thousands of incarcerated people, comes as the city continues to report upwards of 10,000 missed medical appointments per month.
The city Department of Correction must pay out fines to individuals on Rikers Island who were deprived of medical appointments, a state judge says.The city Department of Correction must pay out fines to individuals on Rikers Island who were deprived of medical appointments, a state judge says.
“While [the city] has demonstrated that it is committed to providing inmates with access to clinic appointments,” the judge wrote, “it did not meet its heavy burden, on this record, to demonstrate that it substantially complied with the December 3, 2021 order to provide petitioners with access to sick call.”
“We are reviewing the order and considering next steps,” said Nicholas Paolucci, a spokesman for the law department.
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