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Man Jailed in Rikers Island for 5 Months With $2 of Bail Files Lawsuit
In 2014, Aitabdel Salem, 41, was arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer after officers said he was stealing a coat. Salem was then sent to the Rikers Island jail in New York City with a $25,000 bail. Eventually the charges against Salem were dropped after prosecutors were unable to get an indictment on the…
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NYC Man Spent Nearly 5 Months in Jail Because He Didn’t Know His Bail Was $2
A Queens, N.Y., man was locked up at New York City’s Rikers Island jail for nearly five months without knowing that his freedom could have been obtained with loose change, the New York Daily News reports. Aitabdel Salem, 41, remained at Rikers from November 2014 to April 2015, despite the fact that his bail cost only…