When the state places a person in a prison cell, it assumes a constitutional obligation to keep that person safe. Sexual assault by prison staff is not an accepted consequence of incarceration. [...]
Jail Sexual Abuse Lawsuit NYC: Holding Officers and the City of New York Accountable Sexual abuse by jail staff is a devastating violation of trust and of the law. If a corrections officer abused [...]
Failure to Protect Lawsuit in New York: When a Prison Ignores the Risk of Peer Sexual Assault Not all sexual assault in a New York jail or prison comes from staff. Sometimes a fellow inmate [...]
Sexual abuse at Taconic Correctional Facility rarely happens as a single, isolated event. Survivors, attorneys and investigators consistently describe something more troubling at New York [...]
Complex personal injury attorney and former New York City prosecutor Andrew M. Stengel provides aggressive representation for clients in New York City,Westchester, Nassau and throughout New York State. Andrew is an experienced civil litigator who provides passionate, skilled and strategic advocacy on behalf of every client.
