Another Rikers detainee dead, the 17th to die in custody this year

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://gothamist.com/news/another-rikers-detainee-dead-the-17th-to-die-in-custody-this-year

Another person detained on Rikers Island died early Saturday, pushing this year’s death toll among people held in custody or shortly after release to another significant milestone, higher than the number of deaths last year.

Erick Tavira, 28, was being held at the George R. Vierno Center. He was pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday, the city Department of Correction announced. Tavira’s death was first reported by The New York Times.

Tavira is the 17th detainee to die this year in custody or shortly after being released. The city's Department of Correction puts its tally lower, excluding from its count people who received compassionate release shortly before their deaths.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner did not provide a cause of death in time for publication of this story.

[mitch96]

1. A friends mentally ill daughter was held in Rikers for over a year. "Possible" drug charge that

was dismissed. It really f*ed up an already f*ed up little girl. She is still trying unwind from the trauma. He blew over $10,000 trying to get her out... What a mess..
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[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. I am sorry you all went through that.