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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 47849" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/r.-kelly.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=436&amp;crop=1" alt="r.-kelly.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageJust days after suing the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, R. Kelly has been removed from suicide watch, <a href="https://pitchfork.com/news/r-kelly-removed-from-suicide-watch-days-after-suing-prison/" target="_blank">according to Pitchfork</a>. Kelly had been <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-put-on-suicide-watch-sex-crimes-conviction/" target="_blank">placed on suicide watch</a> for the first time in October 2021 after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in a federal case tried in New York in September. However, Kelly sued the prison last week after he was <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-sentenced-30-years-sex-trafficking/" target="_blank">sentenced to 30 years in prison</a> after being placed under observation again, calling the suicide watch conditions “harmful and punitive.”He claims that he did not have any thoughts of self-harm and believes the additional measures — wearing a thin smock and being denied eating utensils — were intended to further punish him. Kelly’s lawsuit pursued an unspecified “award of compensatory damages for all emotional distress, humiliation, pain and suffering, and other harm.” Meanwhile, MDC Brooklyn filed a memo on July 2 saying that a staff psychologist had recommended the suicide watch after an in-person assessment, noting that Kelly had been allowed to keep some “comfort items and personal effects.”In addition to his 30-year prison sentence, Kelly was ordered to get <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-sexual-disorder-treatment-prison/" target="_blank">treatment for an unspecified sexual disorder</a> and will have five years of supervised release upon the completion of his sentence. In August, he’ll have <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-chicago-trial-date-set-for-august-2022/" target="_blank">another trial in Chicago</a> — this time, for child pornography.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-removed-from-suicide-watch/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 47849, member: 81"] [IMG alt="r.-kelly.jpg"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/r.-kelly.jpg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] Just days after suing the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, R. Kelly has been removed from suicide watch, [URL='https://pitchfork.com/news/r-kelly-removed-from-suicide-watch-days-after-suing-prison/']according to Pitchfork[/URL]. Kelly had been [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-put-on-suicide-watch-sex-crimes-conviction/']placed on suicide watch[/URL] for the first time in October 2021 after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in a federal case tried in New York in September. However, Kelly sued the prison last week after he was [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-sentenced-30-years-sex-trafficking/']sentenced to 30 years in prison[/URL] after being placed under observation again, calling the suicide watch conditions “harmful and punitive.” He claims that he did not have any thoughts of self-harm and believes the additional measures — wearing a thin smock and being denied eating utensils — were intended to further punish him. Kelly’s lawsuit pursued an unspecified “award of compensatory damages for all emotional distress, humiliation, pain and suffering, and other harm.” Meanwhile, MDC Brooklyn filed a memo on July 2 saying that a staff psychologist had recommended the suicide watch after an in-person assessment, noting that Kelly had been allowed to keep some “comfort items and personal effects.” In addition to his 30-year prison sentence, Kelly was ordered to get [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-sexual-disorder-treatment-prison/']treatment for an unspecified sexual disorder[/URL] and will have five years of supervised release upon the completion of his sentence. In August, he’ll have [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-chicago-trial-date-set-for-august-2022/']another trial in Chicago[/URL] — this time, for child pornography. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/r-kelly-removed-from-suicide-watch/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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