A former Rikers Island Correction Captain was sentenced to five years in Federal prison June 18 for his conviction on civil-rights charges for declining to respond to an inmate who had swallowed toxic material.
When first informed of the incident, the officer, Terrence Pendergrass, said, “Don’t bother me unless someone is dead,” according to a witness against him, former Correction Officer Raymond Castro. The inmate later died.
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