NEW YORK— Candie Hailey spent more than three years in a New York City jail, most of it in solitary confinement, before a jury decided she was innocent last year and set her free. Now, prosecutors say she still hasn’t been punished enough.
The 32-year-old woman went on trial Monday on criminal charges stemming from a confrontation with guards at the city’s Rikers Island jail in 2013.
Hailey’s chaotic Rikers stint and subsequent struggle to return to society was documented earlier this year by The Associated Press. She faces a felony charge of criminal mischief for breaking a chair used to scan inmates’ body cavities for contraband.
Candie Hailey, center, speaks during a monthly rally calling for the end of solitary confinement in New York, on July 23, 2015. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File
