NY: NYC Closing Manhattan Detention Complex

View of Manhattan Detention Complex known as The Tombs to be closed on White street in New York on October 10, 2020. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

A New York City jail captain who walked away after an inmate hanged himself to death with a makeshift noose will spend six months on the other side of the bars, a judge ruled on Friday.

Capt. Rebecca Hillman, 40, acted as a supervisor in the Manhattan Detention Complex, better known as The Tombs. Civil rights scandals led to the facility’s scheduled closing in November 2020.

That same month, an inmate named Ryan Wilson had been arguing with another incarcerated person, and authorities planned to move him to another cell for his safety. Wilson made a noose out of a bed sheet and attached it to the light fixture inside his cell. Prosecutors say that Wilson then called an officer over, climbed up on a stool and threatened to hang himself if Hillman wouldn’t let him out of his cell. The officer unsuccessfully tried to calm down Wilson, and Hillman filled out paperwork in the control room after that officer told her she was immediately needed.

Prosecutors charged Hillman after Wilson’s death, and she was convicted of negligent homicide in March.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg expressed hope that the sentence would provide a resolution for Wilson’s family.

“Rebecca Hillman’s negligence and shocking lack of regard for Ryan Wilson’s well-being led to his death,” Bragg said. “I hope this sentencing can help close what I know has been an incredibly traumatic time for Mr. Wilson’s family and loved ones.”



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