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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Former NYC jail guards avoid prison time for 8-minute delay in helping inmate who attempted suicide

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Two former New York City jail guards have avoided prison time for what authorities called their failure to intervene in a teenage inmate's suicide attempt for nearly eight minutes until it was too late to save him from serious brain damage in 2019.

Daniel Fullerton and Mark Wilson received conditional discharges after pleading guilty to misdemeanor official misconduct in May and September, respectively, the Daily News reported Friday. They will not serve any time in jail if they stay out of trouble for a year.

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