He had been held in a caged shower cell for days, in violation of city rules, the suit says.
A general view shows the Rikers Island facility on June 6.A 25-year-old pre-trial detainee at Rikers Island who died by suicide last August suffered from bipolar disorder, depression, and multiple sclerosis — but he was neither prescribed medication nor monitored as a suicide risk, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Rodriguez took his own life in a caged shower cell in a dangerous intake area of the jail complex where he had been held for days, in violation of city rules, the suit says. He was locked in the shower for hours without a bed or chair; all the while he was suffering from a broken orbital bone and bruises due to being assaulted by other incarcerated people two days earlier, according to the suit.
The suit alleges that a Rikers medical professional noted in a report that Rodriguez had previously been medicated for mood disorders at the jail, and that person quoted Rodriguez as saying he was anxious and needed help. But he was nonetheless put in punitive segregation in a shower cell.how caged showers, intended to be used to decontaminate those who are hit with officers’ chemical spray, are employed as a de facto form of solitary confinement at Rikers.
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