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$3,802,000 Settlement, Rikers' Guard Conviction in Prisoner Death

On December 17, 2014, former Rikers Island Guard Captain Terrence Pendergrass, 52, was sentenced to five years in a federal prison for violating the civil rights of deceased prisoner Jason Echevarria, 25. Echevarria’s estate received a $3,802,000 settlement from the City of New York and two jail guards.

Echevarria was ...

 

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