A New York City jail captain took the stand in her own homicide trial on Thursday, saying she waited to get medical aid for a detainee who had threatened to take his life and then hanged himself in his cell because she didn’t realize that he was serious.
Donate NowA New York City jail captain took the stand in her own homicide trial on Thursday, saying that she waited to get medical aid for a detainee who had threatened to take his life and then hanged himself in his cell because she didn’t realize that he was serious.
Prosecutors have said that Hillman filled out paperwork, walked around and ordered staff not to open Wilson’s cell door instead of immediately taking action to save him. In opening statements, they said her delays cost Wilson his life and called her behavior “a gross deviation from the standard of care.”
Hillman said the Department of Correction forced her to return to duty before she was ready. While on leave, she said, a department doctor told her the agency was short-staffed and that she had to start working again.Later, when a supervisor told the captain it was time to take her required riflery test, Hillman said that she again resisted.In the fall of 2020, Hillman returned to full duty.
Hillman said that people in jail regularly tell her that they are going to kill themselves, so that she will take their requests seriously. But in this case, she said, Wilson had not threatened to take his life in front of her. She said he seemed calm when she told him earlier in the afternoon that he was being moved and that she didn’t think that it would cause any sort of emergency.
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