Hillman s lawyer, Kenneth Montgomery, said she is a “hardworking mother and employee who did her best in a very difficult job that is defined by trauma and tragedy” and that they “look forward to defending the serious charges against her.”
Shortly before Wilson hanged himself, a subordinate officer concerned about the detainee s wellbeing told Hillman that she was immediately needed in the housing unit, prosecutors said, but she kept doing paperwork in a jail control room instead.
Wilson, a 29-year-old held at the Manhattan Detention Complex for about a month on a robbery charge, was upset that Hillman was moving him to a different housing unit because of an altercation with another inmate, prosecutors said.
Hillman s lawyer, Kenneth Montgomery, said she is a “hardworking mother and employee who did her best in a very difficult job that is defined by trauma and tragedy” and that they “look forward to defending the serious charges against her.”
Shortly before Wilson hanged himself, a subordinate officer concerned about the detainee s wellbeing told Hillman that she was immediately needed in the housing unit, prosecutors said, but she kept doing paperwork in a jail control room instead.
Wilson, a 29-year-old held at the Manhattan Detention Complex for about a month on a robbery charge, was upset that Hillman was moving him to a different housing unit because of an altercation with another inmate, prosecutors said.
Corrections officer charged after allegedly standing by while inmate killed himself Our investigation shows that Captain Hillman ordered her subordinates not to take potentially life-saving measures to help Mr. Wilson, Manhattan DA Cy Vance stated.
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A corrections officer in New York faces criminal charges after an inmate died by suicide under her watch.
Ryan Wilson took his own life at the Manhattan Detention Complex in November 2020. Manhattan District Attorney
Cy Vance announced the charges Monday, saying she showed a “callous disregard” for life.
“The death of Ryan Wilson wasn’t just a tragedy it was a crime,” Vance said according to the report. “Our investigation shows that Captain Hillman ordered her subordinates not to take potentially life-saving measures to help Mr. Wilson, and failed to call for medical assistance expediently.”
A New York City jail supervisor has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of a detainee who hanged himself on her watch last November.
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