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Rikers Inmate Dies In First NYC Jail Death Of 2024 - Queens, NY - Chima Williams, 43, collapsed while playing basketball Thursday, officials said.

The vagrant accused of stabbing two teen tourists at Grand Central Terminal allegedly slashed a fellow Rikers Island inmate in the face Thursday morning, law enforcement sources told The Post.

The shocking, one-off report paints a grim picture of the current state of the Big Apple's correctional facilities — as Mayor Adams' pick to run the jails tries to downplay a series of five serious incidents over a six-day span

New York City's Department of Corrections, which consists of the notoriously dangerous Rikers Island complex, is "exploring" alternative ways to deliver mail to its inmates.

Nobody knew George Pagan was going to die from suffering a medical episode in a Rikers Island jail — but a Bronx judge experienced with the city Correction Department’s operations gave a prescient warning of the events that preceded his demise.