Posted on 03/03/2024 4:01:32 PM PST by george76
A former Rikers guard who was sexually assaulted by an inmate claims a nurse at the notorious jail could have been spared an attempted rape if supervisors had taken her attack more seriously...
Yessica Delacruz was working an overnight shift at one of the jail’s clinics and was transferring incoming inmates from an intake cell to the medical unit when she first encountered Michael Cleaver just after 2 a.m.
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Cleaver, 55, had just been arrested on Nov. 9 on charges of burglary, harassment and menacing...
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“He came to the door and started pushing the door, like a football player,” she said of the 5′ 6″, 210 pound inmate. “He tried to grab me and attack me. He was desperate to attack me.”
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Nobody was there to help her because her partner had been moved to work in another area,... The nurses in the clinic cowered in fear...
she was crying from shock and pepper spray while washing her face in the locker room when an assistant deputy warden knocked.
“I go into his office and he’s looking at the video laughing at the nurses running away,” she recalled. “He’s just, ‘Ha, ha, ha. Look at her running.’ I just couldn’t believe it. The laughing and the sarcasm.”
The jail boss told her to do a report and that everything would be fine by the next day. He also told her “Don’t tell your husband,” ... he was trying to hide the attack.
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About 14 hours later, Cleaver allegedly tried to rape a 51-year-old unidentified nurse, throwing her to the ground, locking a cell door and pulling her clothes down. The attack was halted by another inmate who socked Cleaver, prosecutors said in court.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I’m aware rikers has women prisoners.
Many folks in Texas do just the opposite - go from prison guard to local county sheriff’s deputy. My cousin did it that way, in fact. I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of someone going from deputy to prison guard, though.
girls should not be cops, firemen, corrections officers, soldiers, fighter pilots, FBI, CIA, etc....they are not made to be in these types of jobs. Yet, most Americans just pretend that women can do a man’s job...guess what? they can’t because they are girls, soft and cuddly...
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