The Correction Department has scrubbed from its website monthly reports showing that city inmates continue to miss medical appointments by the thousands, the Daily News has learned.

Jail staff failed to bring inmates to more than 6,700 medical appointments in January, according to data obtained by the Legal Aid Society through an ongoing lawsuit against the beleaguered agency. In December, inmates missed 7,070 appointments.

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“Each day, DOC continues to defy a court order, the law and basic morality by depriving incarcerated New Yorkers access to medical care in local jails. This has caused needless suffering and further underscores DOC’s inability to protect the health and safety of people in the Department’s custody,” lawyers with Legal Aid, Brooklyn Defender Services and Milbank LLP said in a statement.

Jail staff failed to bring inmates to more than 6,700 medical appointments in January, according to data obtained by the Legal Aid Society through an ongoing lawsuit against the beleaguered agency. In December, inmates missed 7,070 appointments.

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