Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Santiago v. Warden, Rikers Island Correctional Facility
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 2005PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Phylis Skloot Bamberger, J.
The petitioner’s 23-hour lock-in status at the Rikers Island Detention Facility is invalid under respondent Department of Correction (hereinafter DOC) rules and regulations and under New York law. Relief under CPLR 7804 is granted* and the petitioner is ordered restored to custody in general population.
A. Introduction
On November 17, 2004, this court was designated to the Supreme Court, Bronx County, Rikers Island Detention Facility Court, where it heard petitioner’s application dated October 28, 2004. In the petition the petitioner asserted that…
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