Neurologist Ricardo Cruciani was to be sentenced this Sept. 14 for rape, sexual assault and abuse. Instead, he is now the 11th person to die inside Rikers this year, found dead this past Tuesday at around 6:30 a.m.
“I am deeply saddened to learn of Mr. Cruciani’s passing,” said Department of Corrections Commissioner Louis Molina in a statement. “We will conduct a preliminary internal review to determine the circumstances surrounding his death. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones.”
“These constant cases of people who may have ‘mattered’ in the eyes of the media represent thousands of people who aren’t seen everyday,” said Five Mualimm-Ak, executive director of Incarceration Nation Network. “[These] conditions that they see [are] just one example—this is what a normal poor New Yorker, who ends up in Rikers, [lives] the life of.
The Corrections Officers’ Benevolent Association , the union representing Rikers’ officers, blamed management.“Typically, when an inmate enters our custody for the first time facing a serious high profile crime, they are put under suicide watch, which requires an additional officer to supervise that inmate,” said COBA President Benny Bosco in a statement. “The fact that this inmate wasn’t put under suicide watch raises serious questions.
“Everyone’s equal,” said Maher. “And they deserve to not be treated like that. They deserve to have their safety, which includes their medical health and mental health.”
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