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Latest Rikers Island inmate suicide resulted from lack of supervision, city report finds as federal takeover looms

By Aidan Graham Posted on May 10, 2022
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Dashawn Carter apparently took his own life while imprisoned on Rikers Island on Saturday, which marked the latest in a series of deaths in the notorious prison this year — angering activists, and increasing the chances that the federal government could step in to take over the jail complex. 

Four men have died this year on the island, and a new damning report details the alleged inhumane conditions in the facility, while highlighting the city’s Department of Corrections’ failure to prevent deaths and improve the horrid circumstances that inmates are forced to live in. 

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Latest Rikers Island inmate suicide resulted from lack of supervision, city report finds as federal takeover looms

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