And council members heard frank talk about the scandal-plagued jail system.
"This death was not an isolated incident," Faruqee told them. "Violence in RNDC is endemic."
Mary Lynne Werlwas, a lawyer with Legal Aid's Prisoners Rights Project, recited a litany of recent beatings, forcible sex incidents, and gang intimidation at RNDC.
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