Mother sues NYC Dept of Correction for death of teen son at Riker’s Island

Posted on August 6, 2009 by kwilder

Listed at Elizabeth Benjamin’s political blog: “A mother is suing the city Department of Correction, alleging it failed to protect her teenage son from being beaten to death while on Rikers Island.”

(excerpt from) Staten Island Advance on-line/AP Story
New York City’s Corrections Department sued over teen death at Riker’s Island
by Associated Press / Wednesday August 05, 2009

A mother’s lawsuit accuses the New York City Department of Correction of failing to protect her teenage son from being beaten to death while he was at a Rikers Island jail.

Charnel Robinson said Wednesday she hopes that her lawsuit will spur changes in the way the department operates the adolescent jail where her 18-year-old son [Christopher Robinson] was killed…

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