A city correction officer and single mom hailed for her courage in February after suffering a brutal assault from a man held on Rikers Island now finds herself under fire by the Correction Department for alleged breaches of strict rules that proscribe exact hours when an officer on sick leave must be home.

On Tuesday, Correction Officer Shameka Mitchell was slapped with a two-week suspension by Assistant Commissioner for Health Management Lashawna Gordon-Dixon during an internal hearing – sparking sharp criticism from the officer’s family and her union.

Mitchell, a 12-year department veteran, was in the midst of a 16-hour tour last Feb. 8 to cover a staff shortage in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island when detainee Robert Ray slugged her in the back of head causing

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