A 38-year-old man on Rikers Island became the 13th person this year to die in Department of Correction custody, agency officials announced on Friday.
Edwin Ramos was allegedly found experiencing a medical emergency inside a bathroom in the Otis Bantam Correctional Center on Rikers Island around midnight on Thursday. The detainee was taken to a clinic in the jail complex before being taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The DOC shared little about the circumstances leading up to Ramos’ death but his attorneys with the Legal Aid Society said he appeared healthy in the days leading up to his death…