Staten Island man, 44, dies at Rikers Island; 3rd death at jail in 2 weeks

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A West Brighton man who had been waiting for several months to be transferred to a prison upstate died this week at Rikers Island, his attorney told the Advance/SILive.com.

Carlos Cruz, 44, was the third inmate to die at the correctional facility in less than two weeks…

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