On August 27, 1988 petitioner-respondent Lester Thomas, then a probationary correction officer, was assigned to the 7:00 A.M. to 3:31 P.M. tour as the male medication officer on the upper corridor of building 8 Main at the Rikers Island correctional facility. On that date, an inmate, who had set a fire in his cell and was escorted to the facility clinic at approximately 8:10 A.M., claimed that he had been assaulted by several correction officers. Deputy Warden Ralph McGrane...
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