<p>A Queens man has filed a lawsuit against the city of New York after correction officers failed to tell him he had a $1 bail, which caused him to spend 5 months on Rikers Island. </p>
<p>According to the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/man-spent-months-rikers-unaware-bail-1-suing-city-article-1.3280884">NY Daily News</a>, Aitabdel Salem was arrested for assaulting a police officer while being arrested for a coat theft incident back in 2014. Originally, the judge set Aitabdel&#8217;s bail at $25,000, however due to the lack of evidence regarding the assault, the judge made a decision for Salem to be released and lowered his bail to $1. Still thinking his bail was $25,000, Salem failed to post it and was whisked away to a jail cell until his next court date. </p>
<p>&#8220;Mr. Salem implored corrections officers within [Rikers Island] to tell him what happened on his respective court dates,&#8221; the lawsuit states. &#8220;None of the corrections officers told him that he was ordered to be free on Nov. 28, 2014, because his bail had been reduced [to] $1.&#8221; </p>
<p>The lawsuit also claims Salem&#8217;s &#8220;unrelenting pleas&#8221; for more information on his release date was never answered. </p>
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Photo credit: Jefferson Siegal/ NY Daily News</p>
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