The Legal Aid Society said on Monday that it sent a letter to the Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD demanding an investigation into recent in-custody deaths following a number of arrests this year.

In the demand for action, attorneys with the social justice law firm said that at least five people have perished after being cuffed by the NYPD in 2025. Three such fatalities occurred inside courthouses and involved individuals arrested for what they cited as low-level crimes.

In one incident from late last month, the Legal Aid Society even suggested that police were intentionally negligent.

Attorneys say 46-year-old Christopher Nieves, who was awaiting arraignment at Kings County Criminal Court after being arrested for shoplifting at a supermarket , showed signs of sickness. Th

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