A federal judge has castigated New York City’s Law Department and imposed a $10,000 fine for failing to produce documents relevant to an ongoing lawsuit brought against the city by a former Riker’s Island inmate, Kadeem John.
The sanction imposed last week is an unusual development in a legal battle that has drawn attention to ongoing inmate-on-inmate brutality at a Riker’s Island detention facility for juveniles, and alleged collusion by Department of Corrections employees.
note from Suzannah -- NYC gov legal trickery failed
note from Suzannah -- NYC gov legal trickery failed
