rikers island
A new report reveals the astonishing price of holding people before trial, even on minor charges, because they can't pay.
Bradley Ballard, 39, was locked in his cell at Rikers Island and deprived of running water and sufficient insulin for his diabetes for six days leading up to his death on Sept. 11, 2013.
The case is one of a string of prosecutions targeting Rikers employees in recent years.
He spoke with HuffPost Live in 2013 about being held on Rikers Island.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Rikers Island Correctional Facility has run a model opioid treatment program since 1987.
The CBS newsmagazine says its interviews were repeatedly postponed, while the mayor's office says they rushed the story because ABC has a similar one.
Eleven places will each get at least $1 million to reduce their jail population.
Three other guards helped conceal the crime by filing inaccurate reports stating that the inmate attacked first, authorities said.