One Rikers Island detainee told investigators that he was taken to a courthouse six times for hearings on his case, but was never brought to the actual courtroom to see a judge.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Former Rikers Island detainees and defense attorneys testified at a City Council hearing on Tuesday that incarcerated people charged with crimes are regularly not being brought to their court appearances, even though ensuring that they get to court is the primary reason why they are held before trial.
Rikers detainees are at “imminent risk of harm” due to the city’s failure to keep them safe and provide emergency medical care.city’s legally mandated plan to close Rikers But councilmembers and defense lawyers cast doubt on that assertion. Some court appearances, like those to finalize plea deals or to remove bail, almost guarantee a detainee’s release, according to Joshua White, an attorney with New York County Defender Services.
Park Messina also said when people are taken to court, they can be left on buses for hours without access to toilets, food or medicine, and some don’t even make it to the courtroom at all. But Eileen Maher of the activist group VOCAL New York, who is also a former Rikers detainee, told councilmembers that “soft-hand force” often escalates.
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