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Most Recent Detainee to Die on Rikers Sought Medical Care the Day Before His Death

A Department of Correction van at the entrance to Rikers Island from Queens, Sept. 13, 2021.

The Rikers Island detainee who died Tuesday morning was seen by a jail medical professional the day before his death, but was sent back to his housing unit, according to a top city jail official familiar with the case. Anthony Jordan, 63, was found “unresponsive” on the sixth floor inside the North Infirmary Command on […]

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