Inmate from Brooklyn dies at Rikers Island; 13th inmate death this year

A Rikers Island inmate from Brooklyn died at the jail early Sunday morning – marking the 13th inmate death at the correctional facility this year.

Officials say an officer found Aramis Furse unwell in his cell at around 2 a.m. where he was being held at Otis Bantum Correctional Center.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital where he died just over an hour later…

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