This news keeps on getting more crazy. A group of Rikers Island inmates claim that they were poisoned by prison guards. They have some substantial evidence because the meatloaf they were served tested positive for Brodifacoum aka rat poison. Find out about why they were poisoned and the impending lawsuit after the jump!
According to the New York Post “The 19 prisoners allege in a Brooklyn federal lawsuit that they fell violently ill after being served meals in their housing unit on March 3 during a three-day lockdown stemming from the attempted sex attack, court papers state.
“Some of the inmates kept the food as evidence,” their lawyer, Joann Squillace, told The Post Monday. “I personally saw what looked like blue pellets — especially in the meatloaf.”
Medical staff told the prisoners they ate rat poison. A prisoner is usually assigned to assist Rikers staff in preparing and distributing meals but that inmate claims he was suspiciously barred from taking part in the process that day. A hearing is reportedly scheduled for Thursday with no further information about the charges on the guards. Rikers Island continues to be involved in controversial practices inside the prison maintaing its identity as one of the worst prisons in the United States.
Source: Pix11
