Prison and City jails Personal Injury in NYC
Award-Winning Prison Personal Injury Legal Representation
New York Prison Personal Injury Lawyers
Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers represents inmates that have been injured or hurt while in New York City jails and prisons due to correction officer abuse, deprived of food, deprived of proper medical care, subjected to abusive behavior, and other instances of personal injuries while under the care of the government as an inmate in prison. If you have been injured or abused in jail, an NYC personal injury lawyer at Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers is here to help. The primary prison facilities in New York City are:
- Rikers Island
- The Manhattan Detention Complex (The Tombs)
- The Brooklyn House of Detention
- The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC)
- The Queensboro Correctional Facility
When you enter a New York correctional facility as an inmate, you still retain your rights to proper medical care and the right to a healthy and safe environment. If you are not feeling well, you have the right to medical care, and if you have been denied that right in a time of need, you have a claim. If you have experienced negligence in the form of improper medical care, you are entitled to a prison personal injury claim. If you have been abused or beaten by correctional officers meant to protect you, if you have been locked away in solitary confinement for years, if you have been denied food and water, you may have a prison personal injury claim.
Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers had handled serious personal injury and wrongful death cases from the various facilities at Rikers Island, including Anna M. Kross Center (AMKC), George R. Vierno Center (GRVC), Otis Bantum Correctional Center (OBCC), Robert N. Davoren Center (RNDC), Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC), and George Motchan Detention Center (GMDC). Some of the cases we have handled are included on our case results and blog pages. You should also refer to a relatively recent expose on Rikers, which revealed ongoing serious issues and rights deprivations. Also recently, the New York Times reported on ongoing rights deprivations and the first death at Rikers in 2023, which unfortunately has not been the last.
Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers has handled a multitude of cases where inmates have been catastrophically injured as a result of the careless and negligent actions of prison staff. If you or someone you know has sustained a serious and permanent injury while in prison, you may be able to recover compensation from the state of New York for your injuries, emotional and mental trauma, ongoing medical expenses, lost income, and more. You have the right to pursue a legal claim with the help of one of our NYC personal injury lawyers at Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers. If your rights have been violated, contact our award-winning firm for a free consultation today: (646) 217-0749.
If you are interested, the NYC Comptroller audits and issues reports on NYC jail conditions on a regular basis. For the most recent data and statistics recent data and statistics of NYC jails, including Rikers’ facilities, please refer to and the Comptroller/Department of Corrections (DOC) dashboard.
Unparalleled Experience In Trying The Most Difficult Cases Against New York City & State
Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers’ NYC personal injury lawyer Jack Giordano has litigated against New York’s largest prisons and won millions in compensation for the families of the wrongfully dead. Attorney Giordano understands how to litigate cases against the state intimately because he has a rare background as a former rackets prosecutor in Brooklyn, he worked for The New York City Corporation Counsel under Giuliani and worked as an Attorney for The United States Senate for Senators like Joe Biden. Attorney Jack Giordano is available for a free consultation on our mobile office line: (646) 217-0749.
Examples of Prison Personal Injury Case Claims:
Correction Officer Abuse, Neglect, and Assault
The Eighth Amendment in The United States Constitution protects against “cruel and unusual punishment.” As an inmate in the New York state correctional system, you have a right to proper medical care and to a healthy and safe environment. If a correctional officer has beaten, abused, and injured you or someone you know, that is a violation of your rights as a person and as a prisoner. You have a reasonable expectation that the staff that is employed to help you will not abuse you, deny you medical care, or treat you unjustly. If you have been beaten or abused in a New York prison and sustained serious injuries, please contact an NYC personal injury lawyer at our office for a free consultation today: (646) 217-0749.
Delay In Or Complete Failure To Provide Medical Care
In prison, you do not lose your right to timely medical care when you have sustained an injury, have a preexisting condition, or are otherwise feeling unwell. If you have requested medical treatment while in prison and that medical treatment has been denied to you or delayed, you may have a prison personal injury or medical malpractice claim. Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers has recovered millions for the families of clients in instances where the client was denied life-saving medicine like insulin, in the case of a diabetic client. Health concerns are often more critical in prison according to a recent study by the National Institutes of Justice, which concluded that the age of 50 should be the cutoff age for the definition of “old” in prison because “the stress of staying safe behind bars, personal financial woes, drug or alcohol withdrawal, and a history of poor health care can speed up the aging process for inmates.” Therefore health concerns can sometimes progressively get worse in prison if not tended to promptly and appropriately. If your loved one was denied necessary and life-saving medication and as a result, your loved one passed away or was seriously injured or debilitated, you may have a prison personal injury or wrongful death claim. In instances such as this, retaining highly skilled legal counsel is paramount. An NYC personal injury lawyer at Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers never charges for an initial consultation, so call us today at 646-217-0749.
Deprivation of Medication, Nourishment, and Water
Prison inmates have the right to necessary medication, food, and water. Additionally, if your religion and in some cases, your medical condition, require that you have certain food and beverage accommodations, prisons are required to provide you with compliant nourishment. If you or if someone you know has been denied necessary medication, food, or water, please contact our seasoned prison personal injury attorneys today at: (646) 217-0749.
Solitary Confinement
If you have been in solitary confinement for a prolonged period of time, data has shown that the mental and psychological impact of such confinement is debilitating. If you have been in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time in addition to other forms of “cruel and unusual punishment,” you may have a claim. Contact Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers for a free consultation today.
Correction Officer-Related Issues: Abuse, Issues Stemming From Under-staffing, Sexual Relationships
Prison correctional officers are paid to care for and protect the incarcerated. In recent years, budget cuts have led to a reduction in the necessary staff for prisons. With fewer staff, dangerous fights, altercations, and assaults have the potential to be more common because the ratio of inmates per correction officer has grown larger. Additionally, even if there are enough correction officers, because of poor training or otherwise, correction officer-led abuse to inmates is sadly common. If you or if someone you know has been beaten, abused, or mistreated by correction officers as a prison inmate, you may have a prison personal injury claim. The abuse can also be sexual-if you have been targeted, harassed, or sexually pursued by a correctional officer, you may have a claim. Harassment can also be in the form of disclosure of your confidential medical history. We are here to help you. Please call our office today to obtain a free consultation, our attorneys will give you legal advice that has been honed by over 4 decades of practice: (646) 217-0749.
We Are Here To Help You In Your Time Of Need
Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers was created to help people that have been harmed by the carelessness and negligence of others. If you have been wrongfully imprisoned, we are here to help. If you have been abused by the NYPD or by a correction officer, we are here to help. If you have been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in the form of denied medical treatment, medication, food, water, abuse, harassment, or any other civil rights violation while under the care of the New York Correctional System, we are here to help. Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers will never charge you for an initial consultation and the majority of our prison personal injury cases are done on a contingency fee basis, which means that you pay nothing until we are successful and get a recovery for you. Call us today: (646) 217-0749.
Contact a dedicated New York City Prison Personal Injury Lawyer For A Free Consultation
Prison Personal Injury Attorneys at Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers have been ranked in the top 5% in the country by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers. Platforms like Expertise, Avvo, and Lawyers.com have recognized Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers attorneys with 5 star reviews across the board. When you call Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers after you or your loved one has been injured or has tragically died, you are treated with personal care. You speak directly with attorneys who have successfully won millions for prison personal injury clients. Oftentimes, you are given the personal cell phone number of our leading attorneys that make themselves available to you around the clock. At Giordano Law Offices Personal Injury & Employment Lawyers, one of our NYC personal injury lawyers will provide you with outstanding customer service, and you will be treated like an extension of our family. Call us anytime for a free consultation: (646) 217-0749.
The Giordano Law Firm was founded by Attorney Jack Giordano. Mr. Jack Giordano is the managing partner and principal at the Giordano Law Firm.