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December 4, 2019

Rikers Island Officers Stood By as Teenager Attempted to Hang Himself
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In New York City, four Rikers Island correctional officers have been
suspended after video showed the officers stood by for seven minutes
while a teenager attempted to hang himself. Video shows one officer even
walked up to the holding pen where the teenager was hanging, opened the
door, then closed the door and walked away without intervening.
18-year-old Nicholas Feliciano had been jailed in Rikers since November
19th when he was arrested on a parole violation. He is now hospitalized
in a medically induced coma after the suicide attempt.


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