SPITZER MADAM ASKS CUOMO TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS AT RIKERS
" I think most New Yorkers would be shocked to learn of Abu Ghaib-style treatment of prisoners in the New York Penal system."
Manhattan Madam Kristin Davis, who supplied call girls to Governor Eliot Spitzer, today requested that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo investigate the conditions of Riker’s Island including prisoner abuse. Davis released the following statement:
“I write as a citizen of New York State and a resident of New York County. I urge you to investigate conditions and prisoner treatment at the Riker's Island Corrections facility. As you know I served four months there after pleading to a class D felony for Promoting Prostitution in the 3rd Degree.”
Activities on Riker's Island based on my own experience include:
· Initial intake of 36 hours exceeding the legal rule of 24hr processing.
· being cavity searched regularly by officers while 15-20 guards watched.
· being made to stand naked spread eagle without moving for hours at a time while 15-20 guards are catcalling.
· being denied water on days in which temperatures in the facility were above 100 degrees.
· no soap, no shampoo, no toothpaste.
· toilet facilities so full of maggots it can't be used.
