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Rikers Island witnesses 16th death of incarcerated individual this year

By Robert Pozarycki Posted on December 15, 2021
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Another individual jailed on Rikers Island this year has died from an apparent medical emergency.

William Brown, 55, became the 14th incarcerated person to perish in the Department of Corrections facility in 2021, law enforcement sources said.

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