Man dies on Rikers Island; 10th inmate to die in city jails this year
A man detained on Rikers Island died early on Saturday, the 10th detainee is hosted in city prisons to die this year.
Officials of the Ministry of Correction confirmed the death, saying that the detainee had been found “insensitive in his cell” at the George R. Vierno Center at 00:25
Doc officers who visited the cells made aid as medical support, but the man was declared dead just before 1 hour, his name was not immediately disclosed.
Correction Commissioner Lynellle Maginley-Liddie promised a “complete examination of the circumstances surrounding the incident”.
Last month, Edwin Quispe, 33, was found insensitive in a Rikers’ bathroom Eric M. Taylor Center and also said officials. The cause and circumstances are always the subject of an investigation.
The death of Saturday carries the detainee by the city of the city at 10 this year – double the amount of prisoners who died in the facilities of the city prison in 2024.
There were nine deaths in prison in 2023; 19 In 2022, the first year of power by Mayor Adams; And 16 in 2021, the last year of the mandate of the mayor of Blasio.
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