From The New York Times.

The New York Times has obtained footage of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee on Rikers Island who cut his throat and bled out as officers stood by for 10 minutes. The Nieves case is one of the incidents that ultimately led a federal judge to strip control of the jail from the City of New York in May 2025.

The Times obtained the videos after three years of Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits as part of an effort to report on conditions inside the notorious jail. Some of the videos were partially blurred when they were provided.

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