Two detainees die within a day on Rikers
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Two detainees died on Rikers Island in quick succession of each other on Monday and Tuesday as the jail’s top officials were across the Atlantic, touring jails in Europe.
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Another detainee death at Rikers marks second in less than a week
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A 49-year-old man from Queens awaiting trial on Rikers Island died on Sunday, becoming the second detainee in the troubled jail complex to die in the last week.
Read MoreDetainee dies on Rikers Island as new leadership takes over troubled jails
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A 39-year-old man died on Rikers Island on Thursday, marking the first death in the dangerous jail complex this year and the first since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office.
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