Plot is similar to real life incident that occurred in 1997 which Abner Louima was brutally attacked and sodomized by NYPD officer Justin Volpe while in the police station. Volpe plead guilty and is scheduled for release in 2025.
This is one of multiple appearances of Terry Serpico, playing a different character in each episode. He first appears in Season 1's Closure (2000) and will later reappear in Season 6's Quarry (2005) and Season 15's Military Justice (2013).
J. Bernard Calloway (Guard #1) also played the role of EMT Himes in episode 16.12, Padre Sandunguero (2015).
Chad L. Coleman and Jose Pablo Cantillo would both go on to star in The Walking Dead (2010) in the 3rd season as Tyreese Williams and Caesar Martinez respectively.