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Rikers Guard Who Allegedly Allowed Inmate to "Bake to Death" Arrested

Andy Cush · 12/08/14 05:58PM

Carol Lackner, the Rikers Island prison guard who reportedly left her post as James Murdough died of hyperthermia in February, was arrested and charged with lying about the incident today, the New York Daily News reports. Murdough, who was homeless and suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, "basically baked to death" in his 101-degree-cell, officials told the Associated Press at the time.