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A jail captain was making his nightly rounds when an inmate with a history of attacks and escape attempts hurled his feces at him Wednesday from inside his Rikers Island jail cell.
Capt. Nauvella Lacroix, who's spent nearly nine years with the Department of Corrections, was struck in the face and torso area around 9.45pm.
A photo shows Lacroix standing at a jail facility with his shirt smothered in human waste.
Capt. Nauvella Lacroix stands at a Rikers Island facility with his shirt covered in human waste
New York City correctional officers are leaving their jobs in droves, sometimes to join the New York Police Department. Above, Rikers Island in 2014
The inmate involved in the attack is identified as Arthur Brown, who records show has been incarcerated at Rikers since May 2019 on charges of felony assault and bail jumping.
Brown made two dramatic escape attempts last year.
In June 2020, he made it down from a roof where he was exercising with other inmates, scaled up a fence and made it to the East River before two officers jumped in the water
