Jail watchdogs found that correctional officers and medical staff on Rikers Island abandoned their posts and failed to check in on suicidal detainees in the lead up to a number of deaths in the dangerous jail complex last year.
Read MoreFor the ninth time this year, a person died in Department of Correction custody on Tuesday.
Read MoreA 51-year-old detainee died at Bellevue Hospital while in the custody of the Department of Correction on Wednesday.
Read MoreTwo inmates in Department of Correction custody died within an hour and a half of each on Rikers Island on Friday afternoon.
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