FILE - In this May 17, 2011, file photo, a man walks near the sign at the entrance to the Rikers Island jail in New York. Jerome Murdough, a 56-year-old mentally ill inmate at Rikers Island jail, "baked" to death in his overheated cell during one of the coldest recorded winters in city history. According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, jail officials were aware of malfunctioning heating equipment and requested repairs the last day Murdough was seen alive, but the needed work didn't happen until it was too late because of a long holiday weekend.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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