The fallout from the death in city custody last March of a cancer-stricken man whose conviction had been overturned was compounded by failures of the Correction Department and medical officials to inform the family of his worsening condition, his sister alleged Thursday. Khadira Savage, 40, told The Daily News Thursday that the family was not kept informed as Roy Savage’s condition deteriorated over the two months before he died in Bellevue Hospital on March 22. She said his body was whisked away from the hospital to the city morgue before she could see him and that the family asked for an autopsy by the city Medical Examiner’s office, but it was never done. Khadira Savage (Obtained by Daily News) “There was zero communication after he was transferred from upstate to the jails,” she said. “There was no correspondence from the city. When we tried to contact him, there was no response.” Khadira Savage is expected to testify Friday before the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee in a hearing on several pending bills, including two designed to improve family notifications following deaths and serious injuries. As The News first reported in March, a five-judge appeals panel overturned his conviction for stabbing his wife to death in 2016. The panel ruled detectives had erred in warning him about his rights when obtaining his confession, the decision said. On Nov. 30, 2023 he was moved from state prison to Rikers Island as the Bronx DA’s office filed notice to appeal the ruling. In January, he was moved to Bellevue as his condition declined. Khadira Savage said the family repeatedly asked to see him, but were denied and told to wait. When the family was finally able to visit him at Bellevue on March 21, the day before he died, his condition had deteriorated to the point where he was unable to speak. “In November, my brother was watching football with me. I want to know what transpired after that,” she said. “His skin was dirty. Why is he not being bathed? Everything was pointing to mistreatment.” On March 22, the family were notified that he was dying. They reached Bellevue and were told by a jail ward officer to wait for approval to see him. An hour passed. Finally, Khadira called the officer again. “He said, ‘Why are you trying to come upstairs? The body is on its way to the morgue,’” she recalled. “I stood in the lobby for over an hour in disbelief.” She claims the family requested an autopsy but they learned in August after he was already cremated that no autopsy was conduct. “We never got an answer why no autopsy was conducted,” Khadira said. Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman with the Medical Examiner’s office, did not immediately respond to an email from The News. One of the bills to be discussed Friday would require Correctional Health Services to record the name of the lawyer who represents a detainee who attempts suicide, is seriously injured or is hospitalized. A second bill would codify a requirement that jail officials, in the event of a death in custody, notify the person’s lawyer and the public. Khadira Savage had been working for a nonprofit placing homeless people in lower Manhattan in apartments. But her brother’s death inspired her to take a job with the jail advocacy group Freedom Agenda. “The whole system is trained to behave in a manner that is so cold,” Khadira said. “My question is why. Some people can’t advocate for themselves. These bills would improve that communication.”