Harvey Weinstein’s Lawyer Fears He Will Die In Rikers Island Due to Mistreatment By “Vindictive” Prison Officials

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• Weinstein's lawyers say he's been left in blood-stained clothes, the same underwear for weeks, and denied basic cancer treatment, leading them to suspect 'vindictive' mistreatment that could be 'the inevitable outcome is death'.
• Rikers' crumbling infrastructure and 'draconian and deplorable conditions' have drawn scrutiny, with 19 inmate deaths in 2022, 9 more in 2023, and 5 in the first 8 months of 2024, as well as high rates of violence and assaults on staff.