{"id":3235,"date":"2024-10-09T08:47:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/healthynyc\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2024-10-09T08:48:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:48:20","slug":"rikers-officers-accused-of-violating-city-rules-locking-mentally-ill-detainees-in-cells-for-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/healthynyc\/rikers-officers-accused-of-violating-city-rules-locking-mentally-ill-detainees-in-cells-for-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikers Officers Accused of Violating City Rules, Locking Mentally Ill Detainees in Cells for Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Correction officers routinely lock\u00a0severely mentally ill men in their cells on Rikers Island\u00a0for weeks and even months\u00a0in violation of city regulations, according to the\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2024\/10\/08\/mentally-ill-at-rikers-often-locked-in-cells-for-weeks-denied-treatment-exclusive\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Justyna Rzewinski, a\u00a0social worker who recently left a job at Rikers, said\u00a0the practice called &#8220;deadlocking&#8221; in\u00a0mental health units\u00a0causes the detainees to decompensate \u2013 or lose their ability to function, the paper said.<\/p>\n<p>Medical staff are\u00a0prevented from giving them medication to stabilize their conditions,\u00a0triggering behavior like relentless screaming, banging on cell doors and smearing their cells with their own feces, Rzewinski told the Daily News in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a shock. I had never seen people live like this,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople living on the street looked better than these patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rzewinski\u2019s account of\u00a0life for the mentally ill on Rikers\u00a0offers a startling first-hand insight into day-to-day operations in the special mental health units which make up a key\u00a0part of what has become\u00a0the city\u2019s largest de facto psychiatric system.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of those detained at Rikers have some sort of psychiatric disability, the paper said.<\/p>\n<p>Rzewinski\u00a0is slated to\u00a0testify before the Board of Correction (DOC) on Tuesday,\u00a0making her one of only a few jail medical staffers to go public about conditions inside, the paper reported.<\/p>\n<p>Tina Luongo, chief attorney of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, said she was seething after reading the report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cascades of horribles that plague our incarcerated clients, whether that\u2019s DOC\u2019s well-established inability to administer basic jail function, or the department\u2019s complete indifference expressed towards the people in its care, one thing is absolute: the city cannot manage its jails safely and a federal receivership is necessary. 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