Amsterdam News3h
Board of Correction expands on how Charizma Jones was denied medical care on Rikers before death
Charizma Jones’s family expected her to return home from Rikers Island by the holiday season, says their lawyer MK Kaishian. Instead, a Board of Correction (BOC) report released on Dec. 30 expanded on ...
Queens Daily Eagle18h
‘Morally repugnant’: Guards stopped sick detainee from seeing doctors prior to her death, report says
Correctional officers on Rikers Island refused to allow nurses to check on a 23-year-old woman for two days while she ...
Rolling Out6d
Charizma Jones’ disturbing death at Rikers Island exposes prison health care
Medical records reveal correction officers blocked medical personnel from accessing her cell six times before her death.
Face2FaceAfrica on MSN7d
NYC jail staff obstructed medics, delaying treatment for 23-year-old woman who later died, report finds
City correction officers repeatedly blocked medical staff from providing care to Charizma Jones, a severely ill woman held at ...
NYC jail staff blocked medics from treating 23-year-old woman who died weeks later
A jail oversight board has found that New York City correction officers repeatedly blocked medical staff from administering ...
Gothamist8d
Jail guards blocked medical staff from checking on Rikers detainee who died, report finds
The New York City Board of Correction urged correction officers not to interfere with detainees’ medical care as the city’s ...
Newsday8d
NYC jail staff blocked medics from treating 23-year-old woman who died weeks later
Charizma Jones was receiving treatment for a possible case of scarlet fever when she was transferred to an infirmary unit May 4 for worsening symptoms. But when medical personnel attempted to ...