An investigation found the since-ousted guard had observed the distressed detainee over several hours but failed to render aid or get help.
A former Rikers Island correction officer won’t face charges in the 2022 death of an incarcerated person, even though the guard’s failure to render aid to the ailing man violated New York City Department of Correction policy and contributed to his death, the state attorney general’s office said.
Muhammad’s death was among 19 fatalities at the Rikers jails complex, or shortly after a detainee’s release, in 2022. The deaths spurred concern over the delivery of routine medical care and emergency assistance at the city's jails.
At 2:56 p.m., according to the report, surveillance video showed Muhammad severely disoriented and falling to the floor, “and that CO Lewis saw him in this condition." Minutes later, Lewis held Muhammad’s cell door open while other detainees helped Muhammad into his cell, which had a solid metal door and one vertical rectangular window. Training and DOC rules required Lewis to call a medical emergency or otherwise render aid, but he did neither, investigators found.
Had Lewis acted sooner, Muhammad’s life could have been saved, “though the outcome would not have been guaranteed,” the AG's report said, citing Michael Greenberg, a city medical examiner.
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