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In 2019, eight correction officers and a captain at Rikers Island stood by for seven minutes and 51 seconds as Nicholas Feliciano, an 18-year-old, was hanging in a jail cell, video footage obtained by The New York Times shows. Feliciano suffered severe brain damage and requires round-the-clock care. New York City paid more than $28 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of Feliciano.
