describing her son's rapid decline from pain and numbness to paralysis from the waist down. 29-year-old kenso now in a hospital bed here in bellevue after first being incarcerated at rikers on december 16th. he had a pending drug case and his bail had been revoked after he failed to attend drug rehab. >> in this case this young man of his life because he was not given the appropriate medical care at rikers or sent for it. >> reporter: his attorneys say he went to the sick bay at least four times but all they gave him was pain medication and what he needed was a scan. he had an epidural abscess, a space created by an infected cyst causing pressure on the spine. but it wasn't till january 12th that capulong was finally transported to bellevue. by then it was already too late. >> this was treatable had it been recognized. diagnoseable and preventable and curable. >> reporter: he's not the only inmate at rikers to complain about medical services at the jail. shortly after the transition away from the private healthcare provider corizon which the city dumped in july. issuing this statement, saying