A 40-year-old Rikers Island detainee died Tuesday morning, marking the second death in city jail custody in less than 24 hours, THE CITY has learned.
The detainee, identified by the Department of Correction as Umais Khan, had been arrested May 5 and was awaiting trial on felony robbery and narcotics charges, according to court records.
According to the DOC, staff were alerted at 10:54 a.m. that Khan was lying in his bed and would not wake up. Correction staff performed CPR until medical personnel arrived, but he could not be revived and was pronounced dead at 11:21 a.m…