Man Dead At Rikers, Becoming 8th Inmate [ Incarcerated Person] To Die In NYC Custody In 2023
By: Cailin Loesch via Patch.com NEW YORK CITY, NY — A man in Rikers Island died Tuesday morning, becoming the eighth New Yorker to die in city jail custody this year, advocates said. Donny Ubiera, 33, died inside the jail’s George R. Vierno Center, according to a statement from The Legal Aid Society. Advocates insisted […]
Department of Correction: 8th person dies at Rikers Island this year
By: News 12 Staff via News12 Brooklyn Department of Correction: 8th person dies at Rikers Island this year Aug 22, 2023, 1:27pmUpdated 23h ago By: News 12 Staff 0:13 / 1:59 1:59 An eighth person has died this year at Rikers Island on Tuesday, according to the New York City Department of Correction. The DOC said Donny Ubiera, 33, was […]
Rikers Island detainee dead of suspected drug overdose; 8th fatality in city Correction Department custody in 2023
By; Thomas Tracy via NY Daily News A 33-year-old Rikers Island inmate arrested for back-to-back stabbings in Queens last year was found dead in his cell early Tuesday — the eighth city Correction Department detainee to die in custody or shortly after release in 2023, officials said. Donny Ubiera was found unconscious in his cell at Rikers’ George R. […]
Yet Another Person Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CloseRikers #CutShutInvestNY Yet Another Person Dies While Detained at Rikers Island Jail Complex Since Mayor Adams Took Office, At Least 27 People Have Died in NYC Jails Death Comes Less Than Two Weeks after U.S. District Court […]
