October 25, 2014 by The Layton Law Firm, PLLC

The Hell of Rikers Island

Rikers “It’s not rare,” says lawyer Paul Layton: “suicide is very common in the first days or hours after incarceration. One is terrified, desperate. It is not for nothing that shoe laces are taken from the prisoners to prevent them from hanging themselves.”

f-rom the Nouvel Observateur of October 23, 2014, attached as a PDF (file in French)

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The fundamental rule of the USA applied in every State and City is our Constitution. When rights are violated, citizens have a right to sue for the damages caused to them by that violation of our supreme rules of law embodied in the Constitution. Freedom Money and Full Justice for violations of civil rights. This blog explores the assignment of responsibility for violating rights and getting the rule breaker to pay for his damage.
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The Layton Law Firm, PLLC

A civil rights and criminal defense trial lawyer who has been in practice for 30 years -my training also includes licensing as a psychoanalyst in New York State; both the anguish and mental pain as well as the physical pains and injuries of my clients are addressed by my office. In the civil rights area, my cases range from "deliberate indifference" to the health care of inmates to false arrests and police brutality. I devote time with my clients and their friends and families to organize the best results at trials that are too often dominated only by the "expert witness." Office Phone: 917-923-4287

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