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In the aftermath of Brandon Rodriguez’s 2021 death by suicide at Rikers Island, investigators found a number of serious missteps by jail medical staff, but none resulted in discipline, according to records and interviews. That’s not unusual. Just two Correctional Health Services staffers have been disciplined in the 44 deaths reported in city jails since January 2021, agency officials ...

In the aftermath of Brandon Rodriguez’s 2021 death by suicide at Rikers Island, investigators found a number of serious missteps by jail medical staff, but none resulted in discipline, according to records and interviews. That’s not unusual. Just two Correctional Health Services staffers have been disciplined in the 44 deaths reported in city jails since January 2021, agency officials ...

Lashawn Boatwright is demanding answers over the death of her 28-year-old son after Rikers docs put him on a drug withdrawal plan, only for him to die three weeks later.

George Pagan, 49, died at Elmhurst Hospital after being brought there by medics about 8:30 a.m. from a jail on Rikers Island, the agency said.

New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by years of neglect, has spiraled into turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic. AP

The Less Is More Act doesn’t go fully into effect in March 2022, and the wait for March has become a matter of life or death.

NEW YORK (AP) — An inmate died Tuesday at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail complex after he was found in his cell in medical distress, the city’s Department of Correction said. The death of 55-year-old William Brown is the second of a city inmate in the last five days and the 16th this year in the city's troubled jail system — the most since 2013.

Another Rikers Island inmate has died Tuesday as the number of deaths among individuals in custody at the jail complex continues to climb.

The death of a 16th man who had been held in New York City custody came as the Department of Correction grapples with a crisis at the Rikers Island jail complex.

William Brown, 55, was less than a week away from a court date.