Man, 25, Is the Fourth Inmate to Die at Rikers This Year

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/08/nyregion/inmate-death-rikers.html

A 25-year-old homeless man is believed to have committed suicide at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City on Saturday evening, according to people familiar with the case.

The man, Dashawn Carter, was found hanging from a window in his cell at the Anna M. Kross Center just two days after being transferred back to Rikers from a state psychiatric hospital, according to a person with knowledge of the circumstances surrounding his death.

Mr. Carter is the fourth person to die in custody there this year, during a time when correction officials face increasing pressure to show that they can keep inmates safe in the notorious jail complex in the East River.

Louis A. Molina, the recently appointed commissioner of New York City’s Department of Correction, has less than two weeks to present a plan to address the crisis at Rikers or risk a federal takeover of the jail.

[mitch96]

1. My friends 24 yo estranged daughter spent a year in Rikers for a bullshit pot charge..

Which was dropped a year later. She said it was the most horrible experience ever.. Poor kid.
Pushed her deeper into her mental illness and she still lives on the streets.. uff
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[jimfields33]

2. Sorry to hear that. I thought they were closing this jail.

[mitch96]

3. This was about 5 years ago when she was in her 20's. Who knows what horrors she saw and

dealt with. It's frustrating that she was imprisoned for that year with bullshit charges. It's good she got out and it left deep scars in an already damaged mind..
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[BlackSkimmer]

4. That place should be closed.

Horrific for inmates and staff.