Today, former Rikers Island captain Terrence Pendergrass was sentenced to five years in prison for denying medical attention to an inmate who died after swallowing a toxic detergent packet. When coworkers expressed concern about the inmate, Pendergrass reportedly replied, “Don’t bother me unless someone is dead.”

Terrence Pendergrass, a former Rikers Island captain who allegedly refused to help a dying mentally ill inmate who had eaten a toxic ball of cleaning powder, was found guilty of a federal civil rights charge today. As the New York Times notes, Pendergrass is the first Rikers official to be charged for a civil rights violation in over 10 years.